Luke 17–19

Chapter 17

Instructions

¹He said to His disciples, “^aIt is inevitable that ¹stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come!

²“^aIt ¹would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.

³“¹Be on your guard! ^aIf your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

⁴“And if he sins against you ^aseven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ ¹forgive him.”

^5aThe apostles said to ^bthe Lord, “Increase our faith!”

⁶And ^athe Lord said, “If you ¹had faith like ^ba mustard seed, you would say to this ^cmulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would ²obey you.

⁷“Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come immediately and ¹sit down to eat’?

⁸“But will he not say to him, ‘^aPrepare something for me to eat, and properly ¹clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and ²afterward you ³may eat and drink’?

⁹“He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he?

¹⁰“So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’ ”

Ten Lepers Cleansed

¹¹While He was ^aon the way to Jerusalem, ^bHe was passing ¹between Samaria and Galilee.

¹²As He entered a village, ten leprous men who ^astood at a distance met Him;

¹³and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, ^aMaster, have mercy on us!”

¹⁴When He saw them, He said to them, “^aGo and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed.

¹⁵Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, ^aglorifying God with a loud voice,

¹⁶and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a ^aSamaritan.

¹⁷Then Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they?

¹⁸“¹Was no one found who returned to ^agive glory to God, except this foreigner?”

¹⁹And He said to him, “Stand up and go; ^ayour faith ¹has made you well.”

²⁰Now having been questioned by the Pharisees ^aas to when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming with ^1bsigns to be observed;

²¹nor will ^athey say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is ¹in your midst.”

Second Coming Foretold

²²And He said to the disciples, “^aThe days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

²³“^aThey will say to you, ‘Look there! Look here!’ Do not go away, and do not run after them.

²⁴“^aFor just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part ¹of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.

²⁵“^aBut first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

²⁶“^aAnd just as it happened ^bin the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:

²⁷they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

²⁸“¹It was the same as happened in ^athe days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

²⁹but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and ¹brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

³⁰“It will be ¹just the same on the day that the Son of Man ^ais revealed.

³¹“On that day, the one who is ^aon the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back.

³²“^aRemember Lot’s wife.

³³“^aWhoever seeks to keep his ¹life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

³⁴“I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.

³⁵“^aThere will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left.

³⁶“^1aTwo men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.”

³⁷And answering they said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “^aWhere the body is, there also the ¹vultures will be gathered.”

Chapter 18

Parables on Prayer

¹Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ^aought to pray and not to ^blose heart,

²saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not ^arespect man.

³“There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘¹Give me legal protection from my opponent.’

⁴“For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor ^arespect man,

⁵yet ^abecause this widow bothers me, I will ¹give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will ^2bwear me out.’ ”

⁶And ^athe Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge ^*said;

⁷now, will not God ^abring about justice for His ^belect who cry to Him day and night, ¹and will He ^cdelay long over them?

⁸“I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, ^awill He find ¹faith on the earth?”

The Pharisee and the Publican

⁹And He also told this parable to some people who ^atrusted in themselves that they were righteous, and ^bviewed others with contempt:

¹⁰“Two men ^awent up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

¹¹“The Pharisee ^astood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

¹²‘I ^afast twice a week; I ^bpay tithes of all that I get.’

¹³“But the tax collector, ^astanding some distance away, ^bwas even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but ^cwas beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be ¹merciful to me, the sinner!’

¹⁴“I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; ^afor everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

^15aAnd they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

¹⁶But Jesus called for them, saying, “Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

¹⁷“Truly I say to you, ^awhoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”

The Rich Young Ruler

^18aA ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

¹⁹And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

²⁰“You know the commandments, ‘^aDo not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’ ”

²¹And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”

²²When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; ^asell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have ^btreasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

²³But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

²⁴And Jesus looked at him and said, “^aHow hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!

²⁵“For ^ait is easier for a camel to ¹go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

²⁶They who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”

²⁷But He said, “^aThe things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”

²⁸Peter said, “Behold, ^awe have left ¹our own homes and followed You.”

²⁹And He said to them, “Truly I say to you, ^athere is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

³⁰who will not receive many times as much at this time and in ^athe age to come, eternal life.”

^31aThen He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, ^bwe are going up to Jerusalem, and ^call things which are written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.

³²“^aFor He will be ¹handed over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit upon,

³³and after they have scourged Him, they will kill Him; and the third day He will rise again.”

³⁴But ^athe disciples understood none of these things, and the meaning of this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

Bartimaeus Receives Sight

^35aAs ^1bJesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

³⁶Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was.

³⁷They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

³⁸And he called out, saying, “Jesus, ^aSon of David, have mercy on me!”

³⁹Those who led the way were sternly telling him to be quiet; but he kept crying out all the more, “^aSon of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁰And Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him; and when he came near, He questioned him,

⁴¹“What do you want Me to do for you?” And he said, “Lord, I want to regain my sight!”

⁴²And Jesus said to him, “¹Receive your sight; ^ayour faith has ²made you well.”

⁴³Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, ^aglorifying God; and when ^ball the people saw it, they gave praise to God.

Chapter 19

Zaccheus Converted

¹He ^aentered Jericho and was passing through.

²And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.

³Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

⁴So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a ^1asycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

⁵When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

⁶And he hurried and came down and received Him ¹gladly.

⁷When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone ¹to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

⁸Zaccheus stopped and said to ^athe Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I ¹will give to the poor, and if I have ^bdefrauded anyone of anything, I will give back ^cfour times…