CHAPTER 17
Jesus said
to
His
disciples,
“It is
inevitable
that
stumbling blocks
will come,
but
woe to the one
through
whom
they come!
It would be better
for him
to have
a millstone
hung
around
his
neck
and
to be thrown
into
the
sea
than
to cause
one
of these
little ones
to stumble.
Even
if
he sins
against
you
seven times
in a
day,
and
seven times
returns
to say,
‘I repent,’
you must forgive
him.”
And
the
Lord
answered,
“If
you have
faith
the size
of a mustard seed,
you can say
to this
mulberry tree,
‘Be uprooted
and
planted
in
the
sea,’
and
it will obey
you.
Which
of
you
whose
servant
comes in
from
plowing
or
shepherding
in the
field
will say
to him,
‘Come
at once
and sit down to eat’?
Instead,
won’t he tell
him,
‘Prepare
my meal
and
dress yourself
to serve
me
while
I eat
and
drink;
and
afterward
you
may eat
and
drink’?
So
you
also,
when
you have done
everything
commanded
of you,
should say,
‘We are
unworthy
servants;
we have only done
our duty.’”
When Jesus saw them,
He said,
“Go,
show
yourselves
to the
priests.”
And
as
they
were on their way,
they were cleansed.
When asked
by
the
Pharisees
when
the
kingdom
of God
would come,
Jesus replied,
“The
kingdom
of God
will not
come
with
observable signs.
Nor
will people say,
‘Look,
here it is,’
or
‘There it is.’
For
you see,
the
kingdom
of God
is
in your
midst.”
Then
He said
to
the
disciples,
“The time
is coming
when
you will long
to see
one
of the
days
of the
Son
of Man,
but
you will not see it.
For
as
the
lightning
flashes
and lights up
the
sky
from
one end
to
the other,
so
will be
the
Son
of Man
in
His
day.
People were eating
and drinking,
marrying
and being given in marriage,
up to
the
day
Noah
entered
the
ark.
Then
the
flood
came
and
destroyed
them all.
It was
the same
in
the
days
of Lot:
People were eating
and drinking,
buying
and selling,
planting
and building.
But
on the
day
Lot
left
Sodom,
fire
and
brimstone
rained down
from
heaven
and
destroyed
them all.
On
that
day,
let no one
on
the
housetop
come down
to
retrieve
his
possessions.
Likewise,
let no one
in
the field
return
for
anything
he has left behind.
“Where,
Lord?”
they asked.
Jesus answered,
“Wherever there is
a
carcass,
there
the
vultures
will gather.”