And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to
come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 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. Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him,
and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven
times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’
you must forgive him.”
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 uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it
would obey you.
“Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep
say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and
recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper
for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and
afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he thank the servant
because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you have done
all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we
have only done what was our duty.’”
On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and
Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who
stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus,
Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them he said to them, “Go
and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were
cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned
back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at
Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus
answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one
found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” And
he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you
well.”
Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come,
he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that
can be observed, nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’
for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”
And he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will
desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not
see it. And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’
Do not go out or follow them. For as the lightning flashes and
lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of
Man be in his day. But first he must suffer many things and be
rejected by this generation. Just as it was in the days of Noah, so
will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 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. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating
and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the
day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from
heaven and destroyed them all—so will it be on the day when the Son
of Man is revealed. On that day, let the one who is on 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.
Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose
it, but whoever loses his life will keep it. I tell you, in that
night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other
left. There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken
and the other left.” And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said
to them, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.”
