1 ¶ Then said he to the disciples, It is inevitable that offences will occur: but woe to him, through whom they come!

2 It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea, with a millstone tied around his neck, than for him to cause one of these little ones to fall away.

3 Take heed to yourselves: If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

4 And if he trespasses against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns to you, and says, I’m sorry; you should forgive him.

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

6 And the Lord said, If you have faith like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be plucked up by the root, and be planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

7 But which of you, who has a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come sit down at once to eat?

8 On the contrary, will he not say, Prepare my supper, fasten your belt, and serve me, while I eat and drink; and after that you may eat and drink?

9 Does he thank that servant because he did what he was told? I think not.

10 So likewise, when you have done everything that you were commanded to do, say, We are unworthy servants: for we have only done what it was our duty to do.

11 ¶ And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, that he was passing between Samaria and Galilee.

12 And as he entered a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who remained at a distance:

13 And raised their voices, shouting, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

14 And when he saw them, he said to them, Go show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cleansed.

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

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

17 And Jesus asked, Were there not ten cleansed? where are the other nine?

18 Were there none who came back to give glory to God, except this foreigner.

19 And he said to him, Arise, go your way: your faith has made you whole.

20 ¶ Now having been asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus said, The kingdom of God does not come in a way that is seen:

21 Nor will people say, here he is! or, there he is! for, the kingdom of God is within you.

22 And he said to the disciples, The days will come, when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

23 And men will tell you, Look he is here; or, look he is there: do not follow them, or go running after them.

24 For as the lightning, that lights up the heavens on one side, shines to the heavens on the other side; so will the Son of man be in his day.

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

26 And just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of man.

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

28 It was the same in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

29 But the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

30 It will be just the same on the day when the Son of man is revealed.

31 On that day, let he who is on the housetop, and his belongings in the house, not come down to carry them away: and let he who is in the field, not turn back.

32 Remember Lot’s wife.

33 Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

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

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

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

37 And they asked him, Where, Lord? And he replied, Wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will gather.