Thematic Bible
Luke 17:1 (show verse)
To his disciples he said, "It is inevitable that hindrances should come, but woe to the man by whom they come;
Luke 17:2 (show verse)
it would be well for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be flung into the sea, rather than prove a hindrance to one of these little ones!
Luke 17:3 (show verse)
Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins, check him, and if he repents forgive him.
Luke 17:4 (show verse)
Even if he sins against you seven times in one day and turns to you seven times saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."
Luke 17:5 (show verse)
The apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith!"
Luke 17:6 (show verse)
The Lord said, "If you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
Luke 17:7 (show verse)
Which of you, with a servant out ploughing or shepherding, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your place at table'?
Luke 17:8 (show verse)
Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'?
Luke 17:9 (show verse)
Does he thank the servant for doing his bidding?
Luke 17:10 (show verse)
Well, it is the same with you; when you have done all you are bidden, say, 'We are but servants; we have only done our duty.' "
Luke 17:11 (show verse)
Now it happened in the course of his journey to Jerusalem that he passed between Samaria and Galilee.
Luke 17:12 (show verse)
On entering one village he was met by ten lepers who stood at a distance
Luke 17:13 (show verse)
and lifted up their voice, saying, "Jesus, master, have pity on us."
Luke 17:14 (show verse)
Noticing them he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went away they were cleansed.
Luke 17:15 (show verse)
Now one of them turned back when he saw he was cured, glorifying God with a loud voice;
Luke 17:16 (show verse)
and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.
Luke 17:17 (show verse)
So Jesus said, "Were all the ten not cleansed? Where are the other nine?
Luke 17:18 (show verse)
Was there no one to return and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
Luke 17:19 (show verse)
And he said to him, "Get up and go, your faith has made you well."
Luke 17:20 (show verse)
On being asked by the Pharisees when the Reign of God was coming, he answered them, "The Reign of God is not coming as you hope to catch sight of it;
Luke 17:21 (show verse)
no one will say, 'Here it is' or 'There it is,' for the Reign of God is now in your midst."
Luke 17:22 (show verse)
To his disciples he said, "There will come days when you will long and long in vain to have even one day of the Son of man.
Luke 17:23 (show verse)
Men will say, 'See, here he is!' 'See, there he is!' but do not go out or run after them,
Luke 17:24 (show verse)
for like lightning that flashes from one side of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be on his own day.
Luke 17:25 (show verse)
But he must first endure great suffering and be rejected by the present generation.
Luke 17:26 (show verse)
And just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man;
Luke 17:27 (show verse)
they were eating, drinking, marrying and being married, till the day Noah entered the ark ??then came the deluge and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:28 (show verse)
Or just as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting and building,
Luke 17:29 (show verse)
but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:30 (show verse)
So will it be on the day the Son of man is revealed.
Luke 17:31 (show verse)
On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside the house, he must not go down to fetch them out; nor must a man in the field turn back
Luke 17:32 (show verse)
(remember Lot's wife).
Luke 17:33 (show verse)
Whoever tries to secure his life will lose it, and whoever loses it will preserve it.
Luke 17:34 (show verse)
On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in the one bed, the one will be taken and the other left;
Luke 17:35 (show verse)
two women will be grinding together, the one will be taken and the other left."
Luke 17:36 (show verse)
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Luke 17:37 (show verse)
They asked him, "Where, Lord?" And he said to them, "Where the body is lying, there the vultures will gather."