Luke 17:11–35

Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers

^11jOn the way to Jerusalem ^khe was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. ¹²And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers,^{6 l}who stood at a distance ¹³and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” ¹⁴When he saw them he said to them, “Go and ^mshow yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. ¹⁵Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, ⁿpraising God with a loud voice; ¹⁶and ^ohe fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was ^pa Samaritan. ¹⁷Then Jesus answered, “Were not ^qten cleansed? Where are the nine? ¹⁸Was no one found to return and ^rgive praise to God except this ^sforeigner?” ¹⁹And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; ^tyour faith has ^tmade you well.”⁷

The Coming of the Kingdom

²⁰Being asked by the Pharisees ^uwhen the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God ^vis not coming in ways that can be observed, ²¹nor ^wwill they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”⁸

²²And he said to the disciples, ^x“The days are coming when you will desire ^yto see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ^23zAnd they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them. ^24aFor as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be ^bin his day.^{9 25}But first ^che must suffer many things and ^cbe rejected by this generation. ^26dJust as it was in the days of ^eNoah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. ^27fThey were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸Likewise, just as it was in the days of ^gLot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, ^29hbut on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— ³⁰so will it be ⁱon the day when the Son of Man is revealed. ³¹On that day, ^jlet the one who is on ^kthe housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. ^32lRemember Lot’s wife. ^33mWhoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will ⁿkeep it. ³⁴I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. ^35oThere will be two women ^pgrinding together. One will be taken and the other left.”¹⁰