Luke 17:1-17

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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,

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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