17:1 AND [Jesus] said to His disciples, Temptations (snares, traps set to entice to sin) are sure to come, but woe to him by {or} through whom they come! |
17:2 It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea than that he should cause to sin {or} be a snare to one of these little ones [lowly in rank or influence]. |
17:3 Pay attention {and} always be on your guard [looking out for one another]. If your brother sins (misses the mark), solemnly tell him so {and} reprove him, and if he repents (feels sorry for having sinned), forgive him. |
17:4 And even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and turns to you seven times and says, I repent [I am sorry], you must forgive him (give up resentment and consider the offense as recalled and annulled). |
17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith (that trust and confidence that spring from our belief in God). |
17:6 And the Lord answered, If you had faith (trust and confidence in God) even [so small] like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots, and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you. |
17:7 Will any man of you who has a servant plowing or tending sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, Come at once and take your place at the table? |
17:8 Will he not instead tell him, Get my supper ready and gird yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; then afterward you yourself shall eat and drink? |
17:9 Is he grateful {and} does he praise the servant because he did what he was ordered to do? |
17:10 Even so on your part, when you have done everything that was assigned {and} commanded you, say, We are unworthy servants [possessing no merit, for we have not gone beyond our obligation]; we have [merely] done what was our duty to do. |
17:11 As He went on His way to Jerusalem, it occurred that [Jesus] was passing [along the border] between Samaria and Galilee. |
17:12 And as He was going into one village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance. |
17:13 And they raised up their voices and called, Jesus, Master, take pity {and} have mercy on us! |
17:14 And when He saw them, He said to them, Go [at once] and show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cured {and} made clean. |
17:15 Then one of them, upon seeing that he was cured, turned back, recognizing {and} thanking {and} praising God with a loud voice; |
17:16 And he fell prostrate at Jesus' feet, thanking Him [over and over]. And he was a Samaritan. |
17:17 Then Jesus asked, Were not [all] ten cleansed? Where are the nine? |
17:18 Was there no one found to return and to recognize {and} give thanks {and} praise to God except this alien? |
17:19 And He said to him, Get up and go on your way. Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your belief in God) has restored you to health. |
17:20 Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed {or} with visible display, |
17:21 Nor will people say, Look! Here [it is]! or, See, [it is] there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you [in your hearts] {and} among you [surrounding you]. |
17:22 And He said to the disciples, The time is coming when you will long to see [even] one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see [it]. |
17:23 And they will say to you, Look! [He is] there! or, Look! [He is] here! But do not go out or follow [them]. |
17:24 For like the lightning, that flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will the Son of Man be in His [own] day. |
17:25 But first He must suffer many things and be disapproved {and} repudiated {and} rejected by this age {and} generation. |
17:26 And [just] as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of Man. |
17:27 [People] ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. |
17:28 So also [it was the same] as it was in the days of Lot. [People] ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; |
17:29 But on the [very] day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed [them] all. |
17:30 That is the way it will be on the day that the Son of Man is revealed. |
17:31 On that day let him who is on the housetop, with his belongings in the house, not come down [and go inside] to carry them away; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back. |
17:32 Remember Lot's wife! |
17:33 Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve and quicken it. |
17:34 I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. |
17:35 There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other will be left. |
17:36 {Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.} |
17:37 Then they asked Him, Where, Lord? He said to them, Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures {or} eagles be gathered together. |