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Temptations to Sin

¹ And he said to his disciples, ^(a)"Temptations to sin^[a] are ^(b)sure to come, but ^(c)woe to the one through whom they come! ^2 (d)It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.^{[b] 3} Pay attention to yourselves! ^(e)If your brother sins, ^(f)rebuke him, and if he repents, ^(g)forgive him, ⁴ and if he sins against you ^(h)seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,' you must forgive him."

Increase Our Faith

^5 (i)The apostles said to the Lord, ^(j)"Increase our faith!" ⁶ And the Lord said, ^(k)"If you had faith like ^(l)a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this ^(m)mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Unworthy Servants

⁷ "Will any one of you who has a servant^[c] plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table'? ⁸ Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and ⁽ⁿ⁾dress properly,^[d] and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'? ⁹ Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? ¹⁰ So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are ^(o)unworthy servants;^[e] we have only done what was our duty.'"

Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers

^11 (p)On the way to Jerusalem ^(q)he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. ¹² And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers,^{[f] (r)}who stood at a distance ¹³ and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." ¹⁴ When he saw them he said to them, "Go and ^(s)show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed. ¹⁵ Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, ^(t)praising God with a loud voice; ¹⁶ and ^(u)he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was ^(v)a Samaritan. ¹⁷ Then Jesus answered, "Were not ^(w)ten cleansed? Where are the nine? ¹⁸ Was no one found to return and ^(x)give praise to God except this ^(y)foreigner?" ¹⁹ And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; ^(z)your faith has ^(aa)made you well."^[g]

The Coming of the Kingdom

²⁰ Being asked by the Pharisees ^(ab)when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God ^(ac)is not coming in ways that can be observed, ²¹ nor ^(ad)will they say, ‘Look, here it is!' or ‘There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."^[h]

²² And he said to the disciples, ^(ae)"The days are coming when you will desire ^(af)to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ^23 (ag)And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!' or ‘Look, here!' Do not go out or follow them. ^24 (ah)For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be ^(ai)in his day.^{[i] 25} But first ^(aj)he must suffer many things and ^(ak)be rejected by this generation. ^26 (al)Just as it was in the days of ^(am)Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. ^27 (an)They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewise, just as it was in the days of ^(ao)Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, ^29 (ap)but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— ³⁰ so will it be ^(aq)on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. ³¹ On that day, ^(ar)let the one who is on ^(as)the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. ^32 (at)Remember Lot's wife. ^33 (au)Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will ^(av)keep it. ³⁴ I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. ^35 (aw)There will be two women ^(ax)grinding together. One will be taken and the other left."^{[j] 37} And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, ^(ay)"Where the corpse^[k] is, there the vultures^[l] will gather."

¹ And he said to his disciples, ^(a)"Temptations to sin^[a] are ^(b)sure to come, but ^(c)woe to the one through whom they come! ^2 (d)It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.^{[b] 3} Pay attention to yourselves! ^(e)If your brother sins, ^(f)rebuke him, and if he repents, ^(g)forgive him, ⁴ and if he sins against you ^(h)seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,' you must forgive him."

Increase Our Faith

^5 (i)The apostles said to the Lord, ^(j)"Increase our faith!" ⁶ And the Lord said, ^(k)"If you had faith like ^(l)a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this ^(m)mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Unworthy Servants

⁷ "Will any one of you who has a servant^[c] plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table'? ⁸ Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and ⁽ⁿ⁾dress properly,^[d] and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'? ⁹ Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? ¹⁰ So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are ^(o)unworthy servants;^[e] we have only done what was our duty.'"

Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers

^11 (p)On the way to Jerusalem ^(q)he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. ¹² And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers,^{[f] (r)}who stood at a distance ¹³ and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." ¹⁴ When he saw them he said to them, "Go and ^(s)show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed. ¹⁵ Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, ^(t)praising God with a loud voice; ¹⁶ and ^(u)he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was ^(v)a Samaritan. ¹⁷ Then Jesus answered, "Were not ^(w)ten cleansed? Where are the nine? ¹⁸ Was no one found to return and ^(x)give praise to God except this ^(y)foreigner?" ¹⁹ And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; ^(z)your faith has ^(aa)made you well."^[g]

The Coming of the Kingdom

²⁰ Being asked by the Pharisees ^(ab)when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God ^(ac)is not coming in ways that can be observed, ²¹ nor ^(ad)will they say, ‘Look, here it is!' or ‘There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."^[h]

²² And he said to the disciples, ^(ae)"The days are coming when you will desire ^(af)to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ^23 (ag)And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!' or ‘Look, here!' Do not go out or follow them. ^24 (ah)For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be ^(ai)in his day.^{[i] 25} But first ^(aj)he must suffer many things and ^(ak)be rejected by this generation. ^26 (al)Just as it was in the days of ^(am)Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. ^27 (an)They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewise, just as it was in the days of ^(ao)Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, ^29 (ap)but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— ³⁰ so will it be ^(aq)on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. ³¹ On that day, ^(ar)let the one who is on ^(as)the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. ^32 (at)Remember Lot's wife. ^33 (au)Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will ^(av)keep it. ³⁴ I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. ^35 (aw)There will be two women ^(ax)grinding together. One will be taken and the other left."^{[j] 37} And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, ^(ay)"Where the corpse^[k] is, there the vultures^[l] will gather."