Luke 17:11-25

¹¹As Jesus continued on his way to Jerusalem, he passed along the border between Samaria and Galilee.

¹²As he entered a particular village, ten lepers met him, standing at a distance.

¹³They called out, “Jesus, Master, please have mercy on us.”

¹⁴When Jesus saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” On their way there, they were healed.

¹⁵One of them when he saw that he was healed, returned to Jesus, shouting praises to God.

¹⁶He fell down at Jesus' feet, thanking him. He was a Samaritan.

¹⁷“Weren't ten lepers healed?” Jesus asked. “Where are the other nine?

¹⁸Didn't anyone else come back to praise God—only this foreigner?”

¹⁹Jesus told the man, “Get up and go on your way. Your trust has healed you.”

²⁰Once, when the Pharisees came and asked him when God's kingdom would come, Jesus replied, “God's kingdom doesn't come with visible signs that you can observe.

²¹People won't be saying, ‘Look, it's here’ or ‘Look, it's there,’ for God's kingdom is among you.”

²²Then Jesus told the disciples, “The time is coming when you'll long to see the day when the Son of man comes, but you won't see it.

²³They'll be telling you, ‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is,’ but don't go running off after them.

²⁴The day when the Son of man comes will be just like lightning that flashes, lighting up the sky from one side to the other.

²⁵But first he will have to suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.