THEN he said to his disciples, It is impossible that offences should
not come; but wo to him through whom they come! (2)It would be
advantageous for him, if a milstone were hanged about his neck, and he
were cast into the sea, rather than offend one of these little ones.
(3)Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin against thee, reprove
him; and if he repent, forgive him. (4)And if seven times in the day he
sin against thee, and seven times in the day return to thee, saying, I
repent; thou shalt forgive him.
(5)And the disciples said unto the Lord, increase our faith. (6)And the
Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye might say to that
sycamore-tree, Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea; and it would
obey you.
(7)But which of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, when he
cometh from the field, will say immediately, Come, sit down at table?
(8)And will he not rather say, Prepare for me to sup, and gird thyself,
and wait upon me, till I eat and drink; and after that, thou shalt eat
and drink thyself? (9)Doth he hold it as a favour from that servant,
that he did the things which were ordered him? I think not. (10)So also
ye, when ye have done all things commanded you, say, We are
unprofitable servants: for we have but done what was our duty to do.
(11)And it came to pass, as he was going towards Jerusalem, he passed
also through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. (12)And as he was
entering a certain village, ten leprous men met him, who stood at a
distance: (13)and they lift up their voice, saying, Jesus, Master, have
mercy on us! (14)And looking towards them, he said, Go, shew yourselves
to the priests. And it came to pass, that as they were on the road,
they were made clean. (15)Then one of them, seeing that he was cured,
returned, and with a loud voice gave glory to God, (16)and fell
prostrate at his feet giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
(17)Then Jesus spake and said, were there not ten cleansed? but where
are the nine? (18)There are none found returning to give glory to God,
but this alien. (19)And he said to him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith
hath saved thee.
(20)And being asked by one of the Pharisees, When cometh the kingdom of
God? he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with
observation: (21)neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for,
behold, the kingdom of God is within you. (22)Then said he to the
disciples, The days will come when ye shall eagerly desire to see one
of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it. (23)And they will
say to you, Lo here! and lo there! go not after them, nor follow them.
(24)For as the lightning flashing from one quarter under heaven,
shineth to another quarter under heaven; so shall the Son of man also
be at his day. (25)But he must first suffer many things, and be
rejected by this generation. (26)And as it was in the days of Noah, so
shall it also be in the days of the coming of the Son of man. (27)They
did eat, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until
the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and
destroyed them all.
(28)Even so, likewise, it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they
drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; (29)but the
day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven,
and destroyed them all. (30)Just so will it be in the day when the Son
of man shall be revealed. (31)In that day, let not the man who is upon
the roof, and his goods in the house, go down to carry them away: and
he that is in the field, in like manner, let him not return for any
things behind him. (32)Remember Lot's wife. (33)Whosoever seeketh to
preserve his life shall lose it; and whosoever would lose it, shall
preserve it. (34)I tell you, in that night two shall be in the same
bed; the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. Two women shall
be grinding together: the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed.
(35)Two shall be in the field; the one shall be seized, and the other
dismissed. (36)TEXT OMITTED (37)And they answering, said to him, Where,
Lord? And he said, Wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles be
gathered together.