Luke 17:1–10

Christ Teaches on Offenses

17Then He said to the disciples, ^a“It is impossible that no ¹offenses should come, but ^bwoe to him through whom they do come! ²It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should ²offend one of these little ones. ³Take heed to yourselves. ^cIf your brother sins ³against you, ^drebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. ⁴And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns ⁴to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

⁵And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

^6eSo the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. ⁷And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? ⁸But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself ^fand serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’? ⁹Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded ⁵him? I think not. ¹⁰So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are ^gunprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”