Luke 17 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Instructions

(Mat 18:6, 7; Mar 9:42 )

Luk 17:1And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

Luk 17:2

Luk 17:2It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

Luk 17:3

Luk 17:3Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

Luk 17:4

Luk 17:4And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

(Mat 17:19–21; Mar 9:28, 29 )

Luk 17:5

Luk 17:5And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.

Luk 17:6

Luk 17:6And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

Luk 17:7

Luk 17:7But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

Luk 17:8

Luk 17:8Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

Luk 17:9

Luk 17:9Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

Luk 17:10

Luk 17:10In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

Ten Lepers Cleansed

Luk 17:11

Luk 17:11And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.

Luk 17:12

Luk 17:12And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,

Luk 17:13

Luk 17:13Said, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

Luk 17:14

Luk 17:14And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean.

Luk 17:15

Luk 17:15And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice;

Luk 17:16

Luk 17:16And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he gave the credit to him; and he was a man of Samaria.

Luk 17:17

Luk 17:17And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made clean? where are the nine?

Luk 17:18

Luk 17:18Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?

Luk 17:19

Luk 17:19And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.

(Gen 6:5—8:22; 19:12–14 )

Luk 17:20

Luk 17:20And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

Luk 17:21

Luk 17:21And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

Second Coming Foretold

Luk 17:22

Luk 17:22And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

Luk 17:23

Luk 17:23And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

Luk 17:24

Luk 17:24For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

Luk 17:25

Luk 17:25But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on one side by this generation.

Luk 17:26

Luk 17:26And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

Luk 17:27

Luk 17:27They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.

Luk 17:28

Luk 17:28In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;

Luk 17:29

Luk 17:29But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

Luk 17:30

Luk 17:30So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

Luk 17:31

Luk 17:31On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

Luk 17:32

Luk 17:32Keep in mind Lot's wife.

Luk 17:33

Luk 17:33If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

Luk 17:34

Luk 17:34I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

Luk 17:35

Luk 17:35Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

Luk 17:36

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Luk 17:37

Luk 17:37And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together.

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