Luke 17:1–10

Sin, Faith, Duty

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 2}It 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 3}So watch yourselves.

“If your brother or sister^a sins against you, rebuke them;^w and if they repent, forgive them.^{x 4}Even 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