Chapter Overview Key ideas, context & where Christ is 1 And he said to his disciples , “Temptations to sin are sure to come , but woe to the one through whom they come !
2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin .
3 Pay attention to yourselves ! If your brother sins , rebuke him , and if he repents , forgive him ,
4 and if he sins against you seven times in the day , and turns to you seven times , saying , ‘I repent ,’ you must forgive him .”
5 The apostles said to the Lord , “Increase our faith !”
6 And the Lord said , “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed , you could say to this mulberry tree , ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea ,’ and it would obey you .
7 “Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field , ‘Come at once and recline at table ’?
Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from th…
8 Will he not rather say to him , ‘Prepare supper for me , and dress properly , and serve me while I eat and drink , and afterward you will eat and drink ’?
9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded ?
10 So you also , when you have done all that you were commanded , say , ‘We are unworthy servants ; we have only done what was our duty .’”
11 On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee .
Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten m…
12 And as he entered a village , he was met by ten lepers , who stood at a distance
13 and lifted up their voices , saying , “Jesus , Master , have mercy on us .”
14 When he saw them he said to them , “Go and show yourselves to the priests .” And as they went they were cleansed .
15 Then one of them , when he saw that he was healed , turned back , praising God with a loud voice ;
16 and he fell on his face at Jesus ’ feet , giving him thanks . Now he was a Samaritan .
Faith isn't the absence of doubt - it's choosing to believe despite it. God is faithful in every circumstance. His timin…
17 Then Jesus answered , “Were not ten cleansed ? Where are the nine ?
18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner ?”
19 And he said to him , “Rise and go your way ; your faith has made you well .”
20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come , he answered them , “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed ,
21 nor will they say , ‘Look , here it is !’ or ‘There !’ for behold , the kingdom of God is in the midst of you .”
22 And he said to the disciples , “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man , and you will not see it .
23 And they will say to you , ‘Look , there !’ or ‘Look , here !’ Do not go out or follow them .
24 For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other , so will the Son of Man be in his day .
25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation .
26 Just as it was in the days of Noah , so will it be in the days of the Son of Man .
27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage , until the day when Noah entered the ark , and the flood came and destroyed them all .
28 Likewise , just as it was in the days of Lot —they were eating and drinking , buying and selling , planting and building ,
29 but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom , fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all —
30 so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed .
31 On that day , let the one who is on the housetop , with his goods in the house , not come down to take them away , and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back .
33 Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it , but whoever loses his life will keep it .
34 I tell you , in that night there will be two in one bed . One will be taken and the other left .
35 There will be two women grinding together . One will be taken and the other left .”
37 And they said to him , “Where , Lord ?” He said to them , “Where the corpse is , there the vultures will gather .”
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