Jesus Warns of Offenses
1 Then He said to the disciples,“It is impossible that nooffenses should come, butwoeto himthrough whom they do come!
2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he shouldoffend one of these little ones.
3 Take heed to yourselves.If your brother sinsagainst you,rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returnsto you,saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
Faith and Duty
5 And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
6 So the Lord said,“If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
7 And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
8 But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourselfand serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’?
9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commandedhim? I think not.
10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We areunprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”
Ten Lepers Cleansed
11 Now it happenedas He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers,who stood afar off.
13 And they lifted uptheirvoices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 So when He sawthem,He said to them,“Go, show yourselves to the priests.”And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voiceglorified God,
16 and fell down onhisface at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was aSamaritan.
17 So Jesus answered and said,“Were there not ten cleansed? But wherearethe nine?
18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
19 And He said to him,“Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
The Coming of the Kingdom
20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said,“The kingdom of God does not come with observation;
21 nor will they say,‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’For indeed,the kingdom of God iswithin you.”
22 Then He said to the disciples,“The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not seeit.
23 And they will say to you,‘Look here!’ or ‘Look there!’Do not go afterthemor followthem.
24 For as the lightning that flashes out of onepartunder heaven shines to the otherpartunder heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.
25 But first He must suffer many things and berejected by this generation.
26 And as itwas in thedays ofNoah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until theday that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came anddestroyed them all.
28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
29 but onthe day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyedthemall.
30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Manis revealed.
31 “In that day, hewho is on the housetop, and hisgoodsarein the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back.
32 Remember Lot’s wife.
33 Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
34 I tell you, in that night there will be twomenin one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.
35 Twowomenwill be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left.
36 Twomenwill be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.”
37 And they answered and said to Him,“Where, Lord?”
So He said to them,“Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”