He said to His disciples
, " aIt is inevitable
that 1stumbling
blocks
come
, but woe
to him through
whom
they come
!
" aIt 1would be better for him if
a millstone
were hung
around
his neck
and he were thrown
into the sea
, than
that he would cause
one
of these
little
ones
to stumble
.
" 1Be on your guard! aIf
your brother
sins
, rebuke
him; and if
he repents
, forgive
him.
"And if he sins
against
you aseven
times
a day
, and returns
to you seven
times
, saying
, `I repent
,' 1forgive
him."
aThe apostles said
to bthe Lord
, "Increase
our faith
!"
And athe Lord said
, "If
you 1had
faith
like
ba mustard
seed
, you would say
to this
cmulberry
tree
, `Be uprooted
and be planted
in the sea
'; and it would 2obey
you.
"Which of you, having
a slave
plowing
or
tending
sheep
, will say
to him when he has come
in from the field
, `Come
immediately
and 1sit
down
to eat'?
"But will he not say to him, ` aPrepare
something
for me to eat
, and properly 1clothe
yourself and serve
me while
I eat
and drink
; and 2afterward
you 3may eat
and drink
'?
"He does not thank the slave
because
he did
the things which were commanded
, does he?
"So you too
, when
you do
all
the things
which are commanded
you, say
, `We are unworthy
slaves
; we have done
only that which
we ought
to have done
.' "
While He was aon the way
to Jerusalem
, bHe was passing
1between
Samaria
and Galilee
.
As He entered a village
, ten
leprous
men
who
astood
at a distance
met
Him;
and they raised their voices
, saying
, "Jesus
, aMaster
, have
mercy
on us!"
When He saw them, He said
to them, " aGo
and show
yourselves
to the priests
." And as they were going
, they were cleansed
.
Now one
of them, when he saw
that he had been healed
, turned
back
, aglorifying
God
with a loud
voice
,
and he fell on his face
at His feet
, giving
thanks
to Him. And he was a aSamaritan
.
Then Jesus
answered
and said
, "Were there not ten
cleansed
? But the nine
--where
are they?
" 1Was no one found
who returned
to agive
glory
to God
, except
this
foreigner
?"
And He said to him, "Stand
up and go
; ayour faith
1has made
you well
."
Now having been questioned
by the Pharisees
aas to when
the kingdom
of God
was coming
, He answered
them and said
, "The kingdom
of God
is not coming
with 1 bsigns
to be observed
;
nor will athey say
, `Look
, here
it is!' or
, `There
it is!' For behold
, the kingdom
of God
is 1in your midst
."
And He said to the disciples
, " aThe days
will come
when
you will long
to see
one
of the days
of the Son
of Man
, and you will not see
it.
" aThey will say to you, `Look
there
! Look
here
!' Do not go
away
, and do not run
after
them.
" aFor just like
the lightning
, when it flashes
out of one part 1of the sky
, shines
to the other part 1of the sky
, so
will the Son
of Man
be in His day
.
" aBut first He must
suffer
many
things
and be rejected
by this
generation
.
" aAnd just as it happened
bin the days
of Noah
, so
it will be also
in the days
of the Son
of Man
:
they were eating, they were drinking
, they were marrying
, they were being given
in marriage
, until
the day
that Noah
entered
the ark
, and the flood
came
and destroyed
them all
.
" 1It was the same as happened
in athe days
of Lot
: they were eating
, they were drinking
, they were buying
, they were selling
, they were planting
, they were building
;
but on the day that Lot
went
out from Sodom
it rained
fire
and 1brimstone
from heaven
and destroyed
them all
.
"It will be 1just the same
on the day
that the Son
of Man
ais revealed
.
"On that day, the one who
is aon the housetop
and whose
goods
are in the house
must not go
down
to take
them out; and likewise
the one who
is in the field
must not turn
back
.
" aRemember Lot's
wife
.
" aWhoever seeks
to keep
his 1life
will lose
it, and whoever
loses
his life will preserve
it.
"I tell you, on that night
there will be two
in one
bed
; one
will be taken
and the other
will be left
.
" aThere will be two women grinding
at the same
place; one
will be taken
and the other
will be left
.
[" 1 aTwo men
will be in the field
; one
will be taken
and the other
will be left
."]
And answering they *said
to Him, "Where
, Lord
?" And He said
to them, " aWhere
the body
is, there
also
the 1vultures
will be gathered
."