Luke 17:1–19

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.”