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Luke 17

Then he said to the disciples, It is impossible that things causing men to stumble shouldn't come. But trouble is coming to the man they come through. It would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be thrown into the sea, than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. Watch yourselves. If your brother sins agai

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Forgiveness and faith

Then he said to the disciples, It is impossible that things causing men to stumble shouldn't come. But trouble is coming to the man they come through. It would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be thrown into the sea, than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. Watch yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns to you again saying, I repent — you are to forgive him. And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea — and it would obey you. But which of you, having a servant ploughing or looking after cattle, would say to him when he came in from the field, Come straight away and sit down to eat? Wouldn't he rather say to him, Get my supper ready, and put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. And afterwards you can eat and drink? Does he thank that servant because he did what he was told? I don't think so. It is the same with you. When you have done everything you were told to do, say, We are unprofitable servants. We have only done our duty.

Then he said to the disciples: It can't be that no one is put off. But trouble is coming to the one it comes by. It'd be better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should put off one of these little ones. Watch yourselves. If your brother sins against you, tell him off. And if he turns back, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day and seven times in a day turns to you: I turn back — you'll forgive him. And the apostles said to the Lord: Grow our faith. And the Lord said: If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree: Be pulled up by the root and be planted in the sea — and it'd do what you said. But which of you, having a servant ploughing or feeding cattle, will say to him straight away when he's come in from the field: Go and sit down to eat? And won't rather say to him: Get my supper ready and strap yourself and serve me till I've eaten and drunk. And after that you'll eat and drink. Does he thank that servant because he did the things ordered him? I think not. So you too, when you've done everything ordered you, say: We're worthless servants. We've done what it was our duty to do.

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

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Then he said to the disciples, It is impossible that things causing men to stumble shouldn't come. But trouble is coming to the man they come through.

Plain English

Then he said to the disciples: It can't be that no one is put off. But trouble is coming to the one it comes by.

King James Version, 1611

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

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It would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be thrown into the sea, than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

Plain English

It'd be better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should put off one of these little ones.

King James Version, 1611

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

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Watch yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. And if he repents, forgive him.

Plain English

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins against you, tell him off. And if he turns back, forgive him.

King James Version, 1611

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

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And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns to you again saying, I repent — you are to forgive him.

Plain English

And if he sins against you seven times in a day and seven times in a day turns to you: I turn back — you'll forgive him.

King James Version, 1611

And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

5

And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.

Plain English

And the apostles said to the Lord: Grow our faith.

King James Version, 1611

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

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And the Lord said, If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea — and it would obey you.

Plain English

And the Lord said: If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree: Be pulled up by the root and be planted in the sea — and it'd do what you said.

King James Version, 1611

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

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But which of you, having a servant ploughing or looking after cattle, would say to him when he came in from the field, Come straight away and sit down to eat?

Plain English

But which of you, having a servant ploughing or feeding cattle, will say to him straight away when he's come in from the field: Go and sit down to eat?

King James Version, 1611

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

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Wouldn't he rather say to him, Get my supper ready, and put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. And afterwards you can eat and drink?

Plain English

And won't rather say to him: Get my supper ready and strap yourself and serve me till I've eaten and drunk. And after that you'll eat and drink.

King James Version, 1611

And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

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Does he thank that servant because he did what he was told? I don't think so.

Plain English

Does he thank that servant because he did the things ordered him? I think not.

King James Version, 1611

Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.

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It is the same with you. When you have done everything you were told to do, say, We are unprofitable servants. We have only done our duty.

Plain English

So you too, when you've done everything ordered you, say: We're worthless servants. We've done what it was our duty to do.

King James Version, 1611

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

The ten with skin disease

And as he went to Jerusalem, he passed through Samaria and Galilee. And as he went into a certain village, ten men who were people with leprosy met him. They stood a long way off and lifted up their voices and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them he said to them, Go and show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back and glorified God with a loud voice, and fell face down at his feet, giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answered, Weren't ten cleansed? So where are the nine? Is there nobody found who came back to give glory to God except this foreigner? And he said to him, Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.

And it happened as he went to Jerusalem, that he went through the middle of Samaria and Galilee. And as he went into a certain village, there met him ten men with skin disease, who stood a long way off. And they lifted up their voices: Jesus, Teacher, have pity on us. And when he saw them, he said to them: Go, show yourselves to the priests. And it happened that as they went, they were cleaned. And one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back and gave glory to God with a loud voice. And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answered: Weren't ten cleaned? But where are the nine? Weren't there any found who came back to give glory to God, except this stranger? And he said to him: Get up, go your way. Your faith has made you whole.

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

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And as he went to Jerusalem, he passed through Samaria and Galilee.

Plain English

And it happened as he went to Jerusalem, that he went through the middle of Samaria and Galilee.

King James Version, 1611

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

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And as he went into a certain village, ten men who were people with leprosy met him. They stood a long way off

Plain English

And as he went into a certain village, there met him ten men with skin disease, who stood a long way off.

King James Version, 1611

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

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and lifted up their voices and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

Plain English

And they lifted up their voices: Jesus, Teacher, have pity on us.

King James Version, 1611

And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

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And when he saw them he said to them, Go and show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cleansed.

Plain English

And when he saw them, he said to them: Go, show yourselves to the priests. And it happened that as they went, they were cleaned.

King James Version, 1611

And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

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And one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back and glorified God with a loud voice,

Plain English

And one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back and gave glory to God with a loud voice.

King James Version, 1611

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

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and fell face down at his feet, giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

Plain English

And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

King James Version, 1611

And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

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And Jesus answered, Weren't ten cleansed? So where are the nine?

Plain English

And Jesus answered: Weren't ten cleaned? But where are the nine?

King James Version, 1611

And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

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Is there nobody found who came back to give glory to God except this foreigner?

Plain English

Weren't there any found who came back to give glory to God, except this stranger?

King James Version, 1611

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

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And he said to him, Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.

Plain English

And he said to him: Get up, go your way. Your faith has made you whole.

King James Version, 1611

And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

The day of the Son of Man

And when the Pharisees demanded of him when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God doesn't come with things you can watch for. And they won't say, Look, here it is, or, There it is. Because look — the kingdom of God is within you. And he said to the disciples, The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you won't see it. And they will say to you, Look, here, or, Look, there. Don't go after them, and don't follow them. Because as the lightning flashes out of one part under heaven and shines to the other, that is how the Son of man will be in his day. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. And as it was in the days of Noe, so it will be in the days of the Son of man as well. They ate, they drank, they married and were given in marriage, right up to the day Noe went into the ark. And the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. But on the same day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be like that on the day when the Son of man is revealed. On that day, the man on the roof, with his goods in the house — let him not come down to take them away. And the man in the field — let him not turn back either. Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it. And whoever loses his life will keep it. I tell you, on that night there will be two men in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding together. One will be taken and the other left. Two men will be in the field. One will be taken and the other left. And they answered him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Wherever the body is, that is where the eagles will gather.

And when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them: The kingdom of God doesn't come with watching. And they won't say: Look here — or: Look there. Because look — the kingdom of God is among you. And he said to the disciples: The days will come when you'll want to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see it. And they'll say to you: Look here — or: Look there. Don't go after them or follow them. Because the way the lightning lights up out of one part under heaven and shines to the other part under heaven, that's what the Son of Man will be like in his day. But first he has to suffer plenty of things and be thrown off by this generation. And the way it was in the days of Noah, that's how it'll be in the days of the Son of Man too. They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, right to the day Noah went into the ark. And the flood came and wrecked them all. The same way too as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. But the same day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and wrecked them all. That's how it'll be on the day the Son of Man is shown. On that day, the one who'll be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And the one in the field the same way, let him not turn back. Remember Lot's wife. Whoever looks to save his life will lose it. And whoever loses his life will keep it. I tell you, in that night there'll be two men in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding together. One will be taken and the other left. Two men will be in the field. One will be taken and the other left. And they answered him: Where, Lord? And he said to them: Wherever the body is, that's where the eagles will be gathered together.

And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot’s wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

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And when the Pharisees demanded of him when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God doesn't come with things you can watch for.

Plain English

And when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them: The kingdom of God doesn't come with watching.

King James Version, 1611

And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

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And they won't say, Look, here it is, or, There it is. Because look — the kingdom of God is within you.

Plain English

And they won't say: Look here — or: Look there. Because look — the kingdom of God is among you.

King James Version, 1611

Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

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And he said to the disciples, The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you won't see it.

Plain English

And he said to the disciples: The days will come when you'll want to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see it.

King James Version, 1611

And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

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And they will say to you, Look, here, or, Look, there. Don't go after them, and don't follow them.

Plain English

And they'll say to you: Look here — or: Look there. Don't go after them or follow them.

King James Version, 1611

And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.

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Because as the lightning flashes out of one part under heaven and shines to the other, that is how the Son of man will be in his day.

Plain English

Because the way the lightning lights up out of one part under heaven and shines to the other part under heaven, that's what the Son of Man will be like in his day.

King James Version, 1611

For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

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But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

Plain English

But first he has to suffer plenty of things and be thrown off by this generation.

King James Version, 1611

But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

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And as it was in the days of Noe, so it will be in the days of the Son of man as well.

Plain English

And the way it was in the days of Noah, that's how it'll be in the days of the Son of Man too.

King James Version, 1611

And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

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They ate, they drank, they married and were given in marriage, right up to the day Noe went into the ark. And the flood came and destroyed them all.

Plain English

They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, right to the day Noah went into the ark. And the flood came and wrecked them all.

King James Version, 1611

They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

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It was the same in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.

Plain English

The same way too as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.

King James Version, 1611

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

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But on the same day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all.

Plain English

But the same day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and wrecked them all.

King James Version, 1611

But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

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It will be like that on the day when the Son of man is revealed.

Plain English

That's how it'll be on the day the Son of Man is shown.

King James Version, 1611

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

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On that day, the man on the roof, with his goods in the house — let him not come down to take them away. And the man in the field — let him not turn back either.

Plain English

On that day, the one who'll be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And the one in the field the same way, let him not turn back.

King James Version, 1611

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

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Remember Lot's wife.

King James Version, 1611

Remember Lot’s wife.

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Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it. And whoever loses his life will keep it.

Plain English

Whoever looks to save his life will lose it. And whoever loses his life will keep it.

King James Version, 1611

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

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I tell you, on that night there will be two men in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.

Plain English

I tell you, in that night there'll be two men in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.

King James Version, 1611

I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

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Two women will be grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.

King James Version, 1611

Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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Two men will be in the field. One will be taken and the other left.

King James Version, 1611

Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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And they answered him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Wherever the body is, that is where the eagles will gather.

Plain English

And they answered him: Where, Lord? And he said to them: Wherever the body is, that's where the eagles will be gathered together.

King James Version, 1611

And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.