1 He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions
of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come! 2 It
would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were
thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little
ones to stumble. 3 Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke
him. If he repents, forgive him. 4 If he sins against you seven times in
the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive
him.”
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
6 The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed,
you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the
sea,’ and it would obey you. 7 But who is there among you, having a
servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the
field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’ 8 and will not rather
tell him, ‘Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I
eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink?’ 9 Does he thank that
servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.
10 Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are
commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our
duty.’”
11 It happened as he was on his way to Jerusalem, that he was passing
along the borders of Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered into a certain
village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance. 13 They
lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the
priests.” It happened that as they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of
them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud
voice. 16 He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he
was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But
where are the nine? 18 Were there none found who returned to give glory to
God, except this stranger?” 19 Then he said to him, “Get up, and
go your way. Your faith has healed you.”
20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he
answered them, “The Kingdom of God doesn’t come with observation;
21 neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, the
Kingdom of God is within you.”
22 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 see
it. 23 They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away,
nor follow after them, 24 for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the
one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the
Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first, he must suffer many things and be
rejected by this generation. 26 As it happened in the days of Noah, even
so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man. 27 They ate, they drank,
they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered
into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise,
even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought,
they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but in the day that Lot went out
from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.
30 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
31 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the
house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field
likewise not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife! 33 Whoever seeks to
save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it. 34 I tell
you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be
taken, and the other will be left. 35 There will be two grinding grain
together. One will be taken, and the other will be left.” 36 *1
37 They answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?”
He said to them, “Where the body is, there will the vultures also be
gathered together.”
1 Some
Greek manuscripts add: “Two will be in the field, the one taken, and the
other left.”
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