Luke 17:1–10

Warnings from Jesus

17He ⁿsaid to His disciples, “Offenses ^owill certainly come, ^pbut woe ^qto the one they come ^rthrough! ²It would be better for him if a millstone ^swere hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to ^•stumble. ^t3Be ^uon your guard. If your brother sins, ^vrebuke ^whim, and if he repents, forgive ^xhim. ⁴And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Faith and Duty

⁵The ^yapostles ^zsaid to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” ^a

⁶“If you have faith the size of ^ba mustard seed,” ^c the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

⁷“Which one of you having a ^•slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? ⁸Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, ^dand serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’? ^e9Does he thank that slave because he did what was commanded? ^f10In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing ^gslaves; we’ve only done our duty.’ ”