Luke 17:1–19

¹And he said unto the disciples, ‘It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come; ²it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

³‘Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, ⁴and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.’ ⁵And the apostles said to the Lord, ‘Add to us faith;’ ⁶and the Lord said, ‘If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

⁷‘But, who is he of you—having a servant ploughing or feeding—who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat? ⁸but will not rather say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink? ⁹Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

¹⁰‘So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say—We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do—we have done.’

¹¹And it came to pass, in his going on to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee, ¹²and he entering into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off, ¹³and they lifted up the voice, saying, ‘Jesus, master, deal kindly with us;’ ¹⁴and having seen them, he said to them, ‘Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;’ and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed, ¹⁵and one of them having seen that he was healed did turn back, with a loud voice glorifying God, ¹⁶and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving thanks to him, and he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷And Jesus answering said, ‘Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine—where? ¹⁸There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;’ ¹⁹and he said to him, ‘Having risen, be going on, thy faith hath saved thee.’