Luke 17, side by side

¹He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!

¹Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

²It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

²It 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.

³Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

³Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

⁴If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

⁴And 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.

⁵The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

⁵And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

⁶The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

⁶And 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.

⁷But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’

⁷But 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?

⁸and will not rather tell him, ‘Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink’?

⁸And 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?

⁹Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.

⁹Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.

¹⁰Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’ ”

¹⁰So 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.

¹¹As he was on his way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.

¹¹And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

¹²As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.

¹²And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

¹³They lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

¹³And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

¹⁴When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” As they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁵One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.

¹⁵And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

¹⁶He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.

¹⁶And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

¹⁷Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

¹⁷And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

¹⁸Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”

¹⁸There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

¹⁹Then he said to him, “Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you.”

¹⁹And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

²⁰Being asked by the Pharisees when God’s Kingdom would come, he answered them, “God’s Kingdom doesn’t come with observation;

²⁰And 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:

²¹neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.”

²¹Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

²²He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

²²And 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.

²³They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away or follow after them,

²³And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.

²⁴for as the lightning, when it flashes out of one part under the sky, shines to another part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.

²⁴For 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.

²⁵But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

²⁵But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

²⁶As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

²⁶And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

²⁷They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

²⁷They 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.

²⁸Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

²⁸Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

²⁹but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky and destroyed them all.

²⁹But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

³⁰It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

³⁰Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

³¹In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

³¹In 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.

³²Remember Lot’s wife!

³²Remember Lot’s wife.

³³Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

³³Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

³⁴I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken and the other will be left.

³⁴I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

³⁵There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”

³⁵Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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³⁶Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

³⁷They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”

³⁷And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.