17Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble^s are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.^t ²It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones^u to stumble.^v ³So watch yourselves.

“If your brother or sister^a sins against you, rebuke them;^w and if they repent, forgive them.^x ⁴Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”^y

⁵The apostles^z said to the Lord,^a “Increase our faith!”

⁶He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,^b you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.^c

⁷“Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? ⁸Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me^d while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? ⁹Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? ¹⁰So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’ ”^e

Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy

¹¹Now on his way to Jerusalem,^f Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.^g ¹²As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy^b^h met him. They stood at a distanceⁱ ¹³and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master,^j have pity on us!”

¹⁴When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.”^k And as they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁵One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God^l in a loud voice. ¹⁶He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.^m

¹⁷Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”ⁿ

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Luke 17:10: “So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‛We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”

Footnotes

aThe Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman.
bThe Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

Luke 17:1–19

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Sin, Faith, Duty

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