Luke 17

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 He said to his disciples, 'Causes of fal ing are sure to come, but alas for the one through whom theyoccur!	1 He said to his disciples, "Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur.
2 It would be better for such a person to be thrown into the sea with a mil stone round the neck than tobe the downfal of a single one of these little ones.	2 It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
3 Keep watch on yourselves! 'If your brother does something wrong, rebuke him and, if he is sorry,forgive him.	3 Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
4 And if he wrongs you seven times a day and seven times comes back to you and says, "I am sorry,"you must forgive him.'	4 And if he wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times saying, 'I am sorry,' you should forgive him."
5 The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith.'	5 And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
6 The Lord replied, 'If you had faith like a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprootedand planted in the sea," and it would obey you.	6 The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to (this) mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
7 'Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from thefields, "Come and have your meal at once"?	7 "Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, 'Come here immediately and take your place at table'?
8 Would he not be more likely to say, "Get my supper ready; fasten your belt and wait on me while I eatand drink. You yourself can eat and drink afterwards"?	8 Would he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You may eat and drink when I am finished'?
9 Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told?	9 Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded?
10 So with you: when you have done al you have been told to do, say, "We are useless servants: wehave done no more than our duty." '	10 So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.'"
11 Now it happened that on the way to Jerusalem he was travel ing in the borderlands of Samaria andGalilee.	11 As he continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.
12 As he entered one of the villages, ten men suffering from a virulent skin-disease came to meet him.They stood some way off	12 As he was entering a village, ten lepers met (him). They stood at a distance from him
13 and cal ed to him, 'Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.'	13 and raised their voice, saying, "Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!"
14 When he saw them he said, 'Go and show yourselves to the priests.' Now as they were going awaythey were cleansed.	14 And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." As they were going they were cleansed.
15 Finding himself cured, one of them turned back praising God at the top of his voice	15 And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
16 and threw himself prostrate at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.	16 and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.
17 This led Jesus to say, 'Were not al ten made clean? The other nine, where are they?	17 Jesus said in reply, "Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine?
18 It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.'	18 Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?"
19 And he said to the man, 'Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.'	19 Then he said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you."
20 Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, he gave them this answer, 'Thecoming of the kingdom of God does not admit of observation	20 Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he said in reply, "The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed,
21 and there will be no one to say, "Look, it is here! Look, it is there!" For look, the kingdom of God isamong you.'	21 and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the kingdom of God is among you."
22 He said to the disciples, 'A time wil come when you wil long to see one of the days of the Son ofman and wil not see it.	22 Then he said to his disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
23 They will say to you, "Look, it is there!" or, "Look, it is here!" Make no move; do not set off in pursuit;	23 There will be those who will say to you, 'Look, there he is,' (or) 'Look, here he is.' Do not go off, do not run in pursuit.
24 for as the lightning flashing from one part of heaven lights up the other, so wil be the Son of manwhen his Day comes.	24 For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be (in his day).
25 But first he is destined to suffer grievously and be rejected by this generation.	25 But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.
26 'As it was in Noah's day, so wil it also be in the days of the Son of man.	26 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man;
27 People were eating and drinking, marrying wives and husbands, right up to the day Noah went intothe ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.	27 they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 It wil be the same as it was in Lot's day: people were eating and drinking, buying and selling, plantingand building,	28 Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;
29 but the day Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and it destroyed them all.	29 on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all.
30 It wil be the same when the day comes for the Son of man to be revealed.	30 So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
31 'When that Day comes, no one on the housetop, with his possessions in the house, must come downto col ect them, nor must anyone in the fields turn back.	31 On that day, a person who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise a person in the field must not return to what was left behind.
32 Remember Lot's wife.	32 Remember the wife of Lot.
33 Anyone who tries to preserve his life wil lose it; and anyone who loses it wil keep it safe.	33 Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it.
34 I tel you, on that night, when two are in one bed, one wil be taken, the other left;	34 I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
35 when two women are grinding corn together, one wil be taken, the other left.'	35 And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left."
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37 The disciples spoke up and asked, 'Where, Lord?' He said, 'Where the body is, there too will thevultures gather.'	37 They said to him in reply, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather."