[1] And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to
come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come. [2] It would be well for
him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the
sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones. [3] Give
attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to
him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness. [4] And if
he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and
says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness. [5] And
the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater. [6] And the Lord said,
If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say
to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.
[7] But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep,
will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated
and have a meal, [8] Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself
ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that
you may have yours? [9] Does he give praise to the servant because he did
what was ordered? [10] In the same way, when you have done all the things
which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only
done what we were ordered to do. [11] And it came about that when they were
on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee. [12] And when
he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers,
and they, keeping themselves at a distance, [13] Said, in loud voices,
Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. [14] And when he saw them he said, Go, and
let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean.
[15] And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave
praise to God in a loud voice; [16] And, falling down on his face at the
feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria. [17]
And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the
nine? [18] Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only
this one from a strange land? [19] And he said to him, Get up, and go on
your way; your faith has made you well. [20] And when the Pharisees put
questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an
answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation: [21]
And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is
among you. [22] And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you
will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you
will not see it. [23] And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is
here! do not go away, or go after them. [24] For as in a thunderstorm the
bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son
of man be when his time comes. [25] But first, he will have to undergo much
and be put on one side by this generation. [26] And as it was in the days
of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man. [27] They were
feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the
overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came
to destruction. [28] In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were
feasting and trading, they were planting and building; [29] But on the day
when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came
on them all. [30] So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of
man. [31] On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods
are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is
in the field not go back to his house. [32] Keep in mind Lot's wife. [33]
If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but
if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it. [34] I say to you, In that
night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away
and the other let go. [35] Two women will be crushing grain together; one
will be taken away and the other let go. [36] [] [37] And they, answering
him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will
the eagles come together.
