Luke 17:1–10

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.’ ”