NAS - Luke 17:1-19

17 Instructions

¹He said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come!²"It would 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"Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.⁴"And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, `I repent,' forgive him."

⁵The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" ⁶And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, `Be uprooted and be planted in the sea'; and it would obey 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 sit down to eat'?⁸"But will he not say to him, `Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may 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 on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. ¹²As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him; ¹³and they raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" ¹⁴When He saw them, He said to them, "Go 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, glorifying God with a loud voice, ¹⁶and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷Then Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine--where are they?¹⁸"Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?"¹⁹And He said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has made you well."