OF GIVING OFFENCE--TEN LEPERS--SECOND COMING OF JESUS.
Then said he unto his disciples,
It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe _unto
him_, through whom they come! It were better for him that a
millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the
sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee,
rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass
against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day
turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord
said,
If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto
this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be
thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. But which of
you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto
him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down
to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make ready
wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I
have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and
drink? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things
that were commanded him? I trow not. So likewise ye, when ye
shall have done all those things which are commanded you,
say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which
was our duty to do.
And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the
midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village,
there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off and they
lifted up _their_ voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And
when he saw _them_, he said unto them,
Go shew yourselves unto the priests.
And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of
them, when he saw, that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud
voice glorified God. And fell down on _his_ face at his feet, giving him
thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said,
Were there not ten cleansed? but where _are_ the nine? There
are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this
stranger.
And he said unto him,
Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
And it came to pass, _that_ when Jesus had finished these sayings, he
departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea, by the farther
side of Jordan: and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them
there; and as he was wont, he taught them again. And when he was
demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he
answered them and said,
The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall
they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of
God is within you.
And he said unto the disciples,
The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the
days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see _it_. And they
shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after
_them_, nor follow _them_. For as the lightning, that
lighteneth out of the one _part_ under heaven, shineth unto
the other _part_ under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be
in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and be
rejected of this generation. And as it was in the days of Noe,
so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did
eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in
marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the
flood came, and destroyed them all.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they
drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but
the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and
brimstone from heaven, and destroyed _them_ all. Even thus
shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In
that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff
in the house, let him not come down to take it away; and he
that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
Remember Lot's wife.
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and
whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I tell you,
in that night there shall be two _men_ in one bed; the one
shall be taken, and the other left. Two _women_ shall be
grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Two _men_ shall be in the field: the one shall be taken, and
the other left.
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them,
Wheresoever the body _is_, thither will the eagles be gathered
together.