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The Gospel According to St. Luke

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- Chapter 17 -

(Matthew 18:6–9; Mark 9:42–48)
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Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that tempt people to sin will certainly happen, but how terrible it will be for anyone who causes those things to happen!
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It would be better for that person if someone fastened a huge stone around his neck and threw him into the sea, than if he were to cause to sin someone who is weak in his faith.
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Be careful how you act. If one of your brothers sins, you should rebuke him. If he says that he is sorry for having sinned and asks you to forgive him, then you should forgive him.
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Even if he sins against you seven times in one day, if he comes to you each time and says, ‘I am sorry for what I did,’ you must continue forgiving him.”

The Power of Faith

(Matthew 17:19–20)
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Then the apostles said to the Lord, “Give us more faith!”
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The Lord replied, “Even if you had faith that was no bigger than this tiny mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Pull yourself with your roots out of the ground and plant yourself in the sea’ and it would obey you!”
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Jesus also said, “Suppose that one of you had a servant who was plowing your fields or taking care of your sheep. After he comes into the house from the field, you would not say, ‘Come sit down immediately and eat!’
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Instead, you would say to him, ‘Prepare a meal for me! Then put on your serving clothes and serve it to me so that I can eat and drink! Afterwards you can eat and drink.’
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You will not thank your servant for doing the work that he had been told to do!
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Similarly, when you have done everything that God has told you to do, you should say, ‘We are only God’s servants and do not deserve for him to thank us. We have only done the things that he told us to do.’”

The Ten Lepers

(2 Kings 5:1–14)
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As Jesus and his disciples were walking along the road to Jerusalem, they were going through the area between the regions of Samaria and Galilee.
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As Jesus entered a village, ten lepers came toward him, but stood at some distance away.
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They called out, “Jesus, Master, please have pity on us!”
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When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” So they went, and as they were going, they were healed.
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Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God loudly.
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He came to Jesus and he lay down on the ground with his face at Jesus’ feet, and he thanked him. This man was a Samaritan.
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Then Jesus said, “I healed ten lepers! Why did the other nine not come back?
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This foreign man was the only one who returned to thank God; none of the others came back!”
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Then he said to the man, “Get up and go on your way. God has healed you because you trusted in me.”

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Genesis 19:24–29)
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One day Jesus was asked by some Pharisees, “When will God begin to rule everyone?” He replied, “That is not about signs that people can see with their own eyes.
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People will not be able to say, ‘Look! He is ruling here!’ or ‘He is ruling there!’ because, contrary to what you think, God has already begun to rule within you.”
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Jesus said to his disciples, “There will be a time when you will want to see me, the Son of Man, ruling powerfully. But you will not see that.
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People will say to you, ‘Look, the Messiah is over there!’ or they will say, ‘Look, he is here!’ When they say that, do not follow them.
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Because when the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, everyone can see it. Similarly when I, the Son of Man, come back again, everyone will see me.
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But before that happens, I must suffer in many ways, and I will be rejected by people.
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But when I, the Son of Man, come again, people will be doing things just like people were doing at the time when Noah lived.
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At that time people ate and drank as usual, and they got married as usual, up until the day when Noah and his family entered the big boat. But then the flood came and destroyed all those who were not in the boat.
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Similarly, when Lot lived in the city of Sodom, people there ate and drank as usual. They bought things and they sold things. They planted crops and they built houses as usual.
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But on the day that Lot left Sodom, fire and burning sulfur came down from the sky and destroyed all those who stayed in the city.
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Similarly, when I, the Son of Man, return to earth, people will be unprepared.
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On that day, those who are outside their houses, with all the things that they own inside the houses, must not take time to go inside to take them away. Similarly, those who are working in a field must not turn back to get anything; they must flee quickly.
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Remember what happened to Lot’s wife!
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Anyone who continues in his own way of living will die. But anyone who leaves his way for my sake will live forever.
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I tell you this: On the night when I return, there will be two people sleeping in one bed. The one who believes in me will be taken and the other one will be left behind.
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Two women will be grinding grain together;
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one will be taken and the other left behind.”
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His disciples said to him, “Lord, where will this happen?” He replied to them, “Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather to eat it.”
(Matthew 18:6–9; Mark 9:42–48)
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He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!
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It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
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Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
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If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

The Power of Faith

(Matthew 17:19–20)
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The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
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The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
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But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table’?
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Wouldn’t he rather tell him, ‘Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink’?
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Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.
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Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’”

The Ten Lepers

(2 Kings 5:1–14)
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As he was on his way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.
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As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.
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They lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
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When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” As they went, they were cleansed.
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One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
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He fell on his face at Jesusfeet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
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Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
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Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
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Then he said to him, “Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you.”

The Coming of the Kingdom

(Genesis 19:24–29)
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Being asked by the Pharisees when God’s Kingdom would come, he answered them, “God’s Kingdom doesn’t come with observation;
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neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.”
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He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
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They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away or follow after them,
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for as the lightning, when it flashes out of one part under the sky, shines to another part under the sky, so will 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.
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As it was in the days of Noah, even so it will also be in the days of the Son of Man.
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They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
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Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
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but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky and destroyed them all.
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It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
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In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.
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Remember Lot’s wife!
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Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
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I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken and the other will be left.
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There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”
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They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”

Footnotes

(a)17:36 Some Greek manuscripts add: “Two will be in the field: the one taken, and the other left.”