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| Book of Luke |
| Chapter 17 - Read Chapter |
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- 17:1 - [In Context]
- Jesus said to his followers, "Things will surely happen that will make people sin. But it will be very bad for the person that makes this happen.
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- 17:2 - [In Context]
- It will be very bad for a person if he makes one of these weak persons sin. It would be better for him to have a millstone F268 tied around his neck and be drowned in the sea.
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- 17:3 - [In Context]
- So be careful! "If your brother sins, tell him he is wrong. If he is sorry {and stops sinning}, forgive him.
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- 17:4 - [In Context]
- If your brother does something wrong to you seven times in one day, but he says that he is sorry each time, then you should forgive him."
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- 17:5 - [In Context]
- The apostles F269 said to the Lord (Jesus), "Give us more faith!"
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- 17:6 - [In Context]
- The Lord said, "If your faith is as big as a mustard seed, F270 then you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Dig yourself up and plant yourself in the ocean!' And the tree will obey you.
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- 17:7 - [In Context]
- "Suppose one of you has a servant that has been working in the field. The servant has been plowing the ground or caring for the sheep. When he comes in from work, what would you say to him? Would you say, 'Come in and sit down to eat'?
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- 17:8 - [In Context]
- No! You would say to your servant, 'Prepare something for me to eat. Then get dressed and serve me. When I finish eating and drinking, then you can eat.'
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- 17:9 - [In Context]
- The servant should not get any special thanks for doing his job. He is only doing what his master told him to do.
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- 17:10 - [In Context]
- It is the same with you. When you do all the things you are told to do, you should say, 'We are not worthy of any special thanks. We have only done the work we should do.'"
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- 17:11 - [In Context]
- Jesus was traveling to Jerusalem. He went from Galilee to Samaria.
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- 17:12 - [In Context]
- He came into a small town. Ten men met him there. These men did not come close to Jesus, because they all had leprosy. F271
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- 17:13 - [In Context]
- But the men yelled to Jesus, "Jesus! Master! Please help us!"
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- 17:14 - [In Context]
- When Jesus saw the men, he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests. F272 " While the ten men were going to the priests, they were healed.
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- 17:15 - [In Context]
- When one of the men saw that he was healed, he went back to Jesus. He praised God loudly.
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- 17:16 - [In Context]
- He bowed down at Jesus' feet. The man thanked Jesus. (This man was a Samaritan. F273 )
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- 17:17 - [In Context]
- Jesus said, "Ten men were healed; where are the other nine?
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- 17:18 - [In Context]
- This man is not even a Jew! Is he the only one that came back to give praise to God?"
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- 17:19 - [In Context]
- Then Jesus said to the man, "Stand up! You can go. You were healed because you believed."
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- 17:20 - [In Context]
- Some of the Pharisees F274 asked Jesus, "When will the kingdom of God come?" Jesus answered, "God's kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you will be able to see with your eyes.
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- 17:21 - [In Context]
- People will not say, 'Look, God's kingdom is here!' Or, 'There it is!' No, God's kingdom is inside you." F275
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- 17:22 - [In Context]
- Then Jesus said to his followers, "The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man, F276 but you will not be able.
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- 17:23 - [In Context]
- People will say to you, 'Look, there it is!' or, 'Look, here it is!' Stay where you are; don't go away and search.
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- 17:24 - [In Context]
- "{You will know it} when the Son of Man F277 comes again. On the day when he comes he will shine like lightning flashes across the sky.
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- 17:25 - [In Context]
- But first, the Son of Man must suffer many things and be killed by the people of this time.
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- 17:26 - [In Context]
- It will be the same when the Son of Man comes again as it was when Noah lived.
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- 17:27 - [In Context]
- In the time of Noah, people were eating, drinking, and getting married even on the day when Noah entered the boat. Then the flood came and killed all the people.
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- 17:28 - [In Context]
- It will be the same as during the time of Lot when God destroyed Sodom. F278 Those people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building houses for themselves.
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- 17:29 - [In Context]
- The people were doing these things even on the day when Lot left town. Then fire and sulphur rained down from the sky and killed them all.
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- 17:30 - [In Context]
- This is exactly how it will be when the Son of Man comes again.
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- 17:31 - [In Context]
- "On that day, if a man is on his roof, he will not have time to go inside and get his things. If a man is in the field, he cannot go back home.
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- 17:32 - [In Context]
- Remember what happened to Lot's wife F279 ?
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- 17:33 - [In Context]
- The person that tries to save his life will lose it. But the person that gives his life away will save it.
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- 17:34 - [In Context]
- At the time when I come again, there may be two people sleeping in one room. One person will be taken and the other person will be left.
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- 17:35 - [In Context]
- There may be two women working together. One woman will be taken and the other woman will be left."
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- 17:36 - [In Context]
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- 17:37 - [In Context]
- The followers asked Jesus, "Where will this be, Lord?" Jesus answered, "People can always find a dead body by looking for the vultures. F281 "
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FOOTNOTES: F268: millstone A large, round stone used for grinding grain.
F269: apostles Men that Jesus chose to be his special helpers for telling his Good News to the world.
F270: mustard seed The very small seed of the mustard plant.
F271: leprosy A very bad skin disease.
F272: show yourselves to the priests The law of Moses said a priest must decide when a Jew with leprosy was well.
F273: Samaritan From Samaria. Samaritans were part Jewish, but some Jews did not accept them. as pure Jews.
F274: Pharisees The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs.
F275: inside you Or, "here with you."
F276: Son of Man A name Jesus used for himself. In Dan. 7:13-14, this is the name for the Messiah, the one God chose to save his people.
F277: Son of Man A name Jesus used for himself. In Dan. 7:13-14, this is the name for the Messiah, the one God chose to save his people.
F278: Sodom A town where very bad people lived. God punished them by destroying their city.
F279: Lot's wife The story about what happened to Lot's wife is found in Gen. 19:15-17, 26.
F280: Verse 36 A few Greek copies of Luke add verse 36: "Two men will be in the same field. One man will be taken, but the other man will be left behind."
F281: vultures Or, "eagles"--birds that eat dead animals.
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