New Testament in a Year

17 “There will always be temptations to sin,” Jesus said one day to his disciples, “but woe to the man who does the tempting. ^2-3 If he were thrown into the sea with a huge rock tied to his neck, he would be far better off than facing the punishment in store for those who harm these little children’s souls. I am warning you!

“Rebuke your brother if he sins, and forgive him if he is sorry. ⁴ Even if he wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, forgive him.”

⁵ One day the apostles said to the Lord, “We need more faith; tell us how to get it.”

⁶ “If your faith were only the size of a mustard seed,” Jesus answered, “it would be large enough to uproot that mulberry tree over there and send it hurtling into the sea! Your command would bring immediate results! ^7-9 When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, he doesn’t just sit down and eat, but first prepares his master’s meal and serves him his supper before he eats his own. And he is not even thanked, for he is merely doing what he is supposed to do. ¹⁰ Just so, if you merely obey me, you should not consider yourselves worthy of praise. For you have simply done your duty!”

¹¹ As they continued onward toward Jerusalem, they reached the border between Galilee and Samaria, ¹² and as they entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance, ¹³ crying out, “Jesus, sir, have mercy on us!”

¹⁴ He looked at them and said, “Go to the Jewish priest and show him that you are healed!” And as they were going, their leprosy disappeared.

¹⁵ One of them came back to Jesus, shouting, “Glory to God, I’m healed!” ¹⁶ He fell flat on the ground in front of Jesus, face downward in the dust, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a despised^[a] Samaritan.

¹⁷ Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the nine? ¹⁸ Does only this foreigner return to give glory to God?”

¹⁹ And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and go; your faith has made you well.”