17:1
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will
come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
17:2
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.
17:3
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him;
and if he repent, forgive him.
17:4
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.
(17:6) "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."
Those with little faith can pluck trees up by their roots and cast them into the sea.
(17:7) "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?"
(17:8) "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?"
(17:9) "Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not."
17:5
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
17:6
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.
17:7But 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?
17:8And 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?
17:9Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded
him? I trow not.
17:10
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.
17:11
And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the
midst of Samaria and Galilee.
(17:12-14) Jesus heals ten lepers.
(17:12) "As he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers."
(17:13) "And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."
(17:14) "When he saw them, he said ... Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And ... as they went, they were cleansed."
17:12
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were
lepers, which stood afar off:
17:13
And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on
us.
17:14
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.
17:15
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a
loud voice glorified God,
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And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a
Samaritan.
17:17
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the
nine?
17:18
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this
stranger.
17:19
And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
17:20
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:
(17:21) "The kingdom of
God is within you." That has a nice sound to it, but I don't know what it means.
(17:24) "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."
There will be nothing subtle about Jesus' return. It will be like lightning that flashes from one
end of the heaven to the other. Like the
Wicked Witch of the West writing "Surrender Dorothy" in the sky. Like that.
(17:27) "Until the day that Noe
entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all."
Jesus believed the story of Noah's ark. He thought it really happened and had no problem with
the idea of God drowning everything and everybody. AIG: The Gospel -- Evidence for
Creation
(17:29-32)
Jesus also believes the story about Sodom's destruction. He says, "even thus shall it be in
the day the son of man is revealed." This tells us
about Jesus' knowledge of science and history, and his sense of justice.
(17:29) "The same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all."
(17:32) "Remember Lot's wife."
(17:33) "Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall
lose his life shall preserve it." What must you do to get saved?
(17:34-35) Increase your chance of being raptured:
Pray to be gay!
(17:34) "I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall
be taken, and the other shall be left."
(17:35) "Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the
other left."
17:21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of
God is within you.
17:22
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.
17:23
And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor
follow them.
17:24
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.
17:25
But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
17:26
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the
Son of man.
17:27
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.
17:28
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they
bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
17:29
But the same day that
Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and
destroyed them all.
17:30
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
17:31
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.
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