Luke 17:18

Easy-to-Read Version

This man is not even one of our people. Is he the only one who came back to give praise to God?"

Parallel Translations

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ther are not founde that returned agane to geve God prayse save only this straunger.

Hebrew Names Version
Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?"

International Standard Version
Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

New American Standard Bible
"Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?"

New Century Version
Is this Samaritan the only one who came back to thank God?"

Update Bible Version
Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?

Webster's Bible Translation
There are not found returning to give glory to God, save this stranger.

Amplified Bible
"Was there no one found to return and to give thanks and praise to God, except this foreigner?"

English Standard Version
Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

World English Bible
Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But where are the nine? There are not found to give glory to God, save this stranger.

Weymouth's New Testament
Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
There is noon foundun, that turnede ayen, and yaf glorie to God, but this alien.

English Revised Version
Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?

Berean Standard Bible
Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?"

Contemporary English Version
Why was this foreigner the only one who came back to thank God?"

American Standard Version
Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?

Bible in Basic English
Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?

Complete Jewish Bible
Was no one found coming back to give glory to God except this foreigner?"

Darby Translation
There have not been found to return and give glory to God save this stranger.

Etheridge Translation
None have separated to come (and) give praise to Aloha, but this, who is from a strange people.

Murdock Translation
Have they so gone as not to come and give glory to God; except this one, who is of another nation?

King James Version (1611)
There are not found that returned to giue glory to God, saue this stranger.

New Living Translation
Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?"

New Life Bible
Is this stranger from another country the only one who turned back to give thanks to God?"

New Revised Standard
Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
There is none founde that returned to giue God praise, saue this stranger.

George Lamsa Translation
Why did they separate themselves so as not to come and give praise to God, except this man who is of a strange people?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Have none been found returning to give glory to God, save this one of another race?

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is no one found to return and give glory to God, but this stranger.

Revised Standard Version
Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There are not founde that returned agayne, to geue God prayse, saue [only] this straunger.

Good News Translation
Why is this foreigner the only one who came back to give thanks to God?"

Christian Standard Bible®
Didn’t any return to give glory to God except this foreigner?”

King James Version
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

Lexham English Bible
Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

Literal Translation
Were not any found returning to give glory to God except this foreigner?

Young's Literal Translation
There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There were els none founde, that turned agayne, and gaue God the prayse, saue onely this strauger.

Mace New Testament (1729)
is no body return'd to glorify God, but this alien only?

New English Translation
Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

New King James Version
Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Has not one of the Boss's kids from Israel returned to give glory to God? Is this foreigner the only one?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?"

Legacy Standard Bible
Was there no one found who turned back to give glory to God, except this foreigner?"

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Jesus was traveling to Jerusalem. He went from Galilee to Samaria. ¹² He came into a small town, and ten men met him there. They did not come close to him, because they all had leprosy. ¹³ But the men shouted, "Jesus! Master! Please help us!" ¹⁴ When Jesus saw the men, he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." While the ten men were going to the priests, they were healed. ¹⁵ When one of them saw that he was healed, he went back to Jesus. He praised God loudly. ¹⁶ He bowed down at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (He was a Samaritan.) ¹⁷ Jesus said, "Ten men were healed; where are the other nine? ¹⁸ This man is not even one of our people. Is he the only one who came back to give praise to God?" ¹⁹ Then Jesus said to the man, "Stand up! You can go. You were healed because you believed."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to give: Psalms 29:1, Psalms 29:2, Psalms 50:23, Psalms 106:13, Isaiah 42:12, Revelation 14:7

save: Matthew 8:10, Matthew 8:12, Matthew 15:24-28, Matthew 19:30, Matthew 20:16

Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:12 - a thanksgiving Leviticus 14:16 - General Deuteronomy 10:19 - General Joshua 7:19 - give 1 Kings 8:41 - a stranger 2 Chronicles 32:25 - rendered Psalms 107:21 - General Malachi 2:2 - to give Luke 17:15 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 4:12
Now when you work the soil, the ground will not help your plants grow. You will not have a home in this land. You will wander from place to place."

Genesis 4:14
You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me."

Psalms 4:6
Many people say, "I wish I could enjoy the good life. Lord , give us some of those blessings."

Psalms 41:12
I was innocent and you supported me. You let me stand and serve you forever.

Isaiah 59:2
It is your sins that separate you from your God. He turns away from you when he sees them.

Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them the desire to be one, united people. They will have one goal—to worship me all their lives. They and their children will want to do this.

Acts 2:39
This promise is for you. It is also for your children and for the people who are far away. It is for everyone the Lord our God calls to himself."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There are not found that returned,.... Or it do not appear, that any have returned:

to give glory to God; for inasmuch as they did not return to give thanks to Christ, and acknowledge him the author of their cure and cleansing they did not give glory to God:

save this stranger; for so the Samaritans were reckoned by the Jews, even as the Gentile, aliens from the commonwealth, of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise. Christ speaks in the language and dialect of the nation, and yet we find sometimes, that,

כותי, "a Cuthite", or a Samaritan, is distinguished from,

נכרי, "a stranger", Or a Gentile: they might set up their beasts in the inns of the Samaritans, but not in the inns of "strangers"; and a man might let out his bath to a Samaritan, but not to a "stranger" b; but this must be understood of them in times past, before they were found out to be idolaters; when, as Rabban Simeon ben Gamaliel says c, they were as Israelites in all things, and kept the law and the precepts of it, and even more exactly than the Israelites themselves did d; but afterwards a Samaritan was reckoned a Gentile, and so he was in the times of Christ; and therefore he calls a Samaritan a stranger: that tradition of the Jews, requires some notice and consideration e; all are defiled

"with leprosies, except הנכרים, "strangers", and the proselyte of the gate.''

And yet here is a stranger among the Jews, and reckoned unclean, on account of leprosy, and sent with them to show himself to the priest.

b T. Bab. Avoda Zara, fol. 15. 2. & 21. 2. c T. Hieros Shekalim, fol. 46. 2. d Maimon. in Misn. Beracot, c. 8. sect. 8. & Bartenora in ib. c. 7. sect. 1. e Misn. Negaim, c. 3. sect. 1. Maimon. Tumaot Tzaraot, c. 9. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Where are the nine? - Jesus had commanded them to go to the priest, and they were probably “literally” obeying the commandment. They were impatient to be healed and “selfish” in wishing it, and had no gratitude to God or their Benefactor. Jesus did not “forbid” their expressing gratitude to him for his mercy; he rather seems to reprove them for “not” doing it. One of the first feelings of the sinner cleansed from sin is a desire to praise his Great Benefactor; and a “real” willingness to obey his commandments is not inconsistent with a wish to render thanks to him for his mercy. With what singular propriety may this question now be asked, “Where are the nine?” And what a striking illustration is this of human nature, and of the ingratitude of man! One had come back to give thanks for the favor bestowed on him; the others were heard of no more. So now. When people are restored from dangerous sickness, here and there one comes to give thanks to God; but “where are the nine?” When people are defended from danger; when they are recovered from the perils of the sea; when a steamboat is destroyed, and a large part of crew and passengers perish, here and there one of those who are saved acknowledges the goodness of God and renders him praise; but where is the mass of them? They give no thanks; they offer no praise. They go about their usual employments, to mingle in the scenes of pleasure and of sin as if nothing had occurred. Few, few of all who have been rescued from “threatening graves” feel their obligation to God, or ever express it. They forget their Great Benefactor; perhaps the mention of his name is unpleasant, and they scorn the idea that they are under any obligations to him. Such, alas! is man, ungrateful man!

This stranger - This foreigner; or, rather, this alien, or this man of another tribe. In the “Syraic” version, “this one who is of a foreign people.” This man, who might have been least “expected” to express gratitude to God. The most unlikely characters are often found to be most consistent and grateful. Men from whom we would expect “least” in religion, are often so entirely changed as to disappoint all our expectations, and to put to shame those who have been most highly favored. The poor often thus put to shame the rich; the ignorant the learned; the young the aged.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 17:18. This stranger. — Often God receives more praise and affectionate obedience from those who had long lived without his knowledge and fear, than from those who were bred up among his people, and who profess to be called by his name. The simple reason is, Those who have MUCH forgiven will love much, Luke 7:47.