Luke 17 (NET)

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Luke 17:1¹Jesus said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 18:7 Rom 14:13 1 Cor 11:19 1 Cor 8:13 Rom 16:17 Matt 16:23 1 Cor 10:32 Rom 14:20-21 2 Thess 2:10-12 Rev 13:14-18

Luke 17:2²It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:42 Matt 18:14 Matt 18:3-6 Matt 18:10 1 Cor 8:11-12 Matt 26:24 1 Cor 9:22 2 Pet 2:1-3

Luke 17:3³Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 19:17 Matt 18:21 Matt 18:15-17 Prov 9:8 2 Chr 19:6-7 Jas 5:19 Prov 27:5 Deut 4:23 Deut 4:9 Exod 34:12

Luke 17:4⁴Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 3:12-13 Matt 18:21-22 Rom 12:20 Matt 6:14-15 Eph 4:31-32 Matt 5:44 Matt 6:12 1 Cor 13:4-7 Matt 18:16 Matt 18:35

Luke 17:5⁵The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 9:24 Heb 12:2 Phil 4:13 2 Cor 12:8-10 2 Thess 1:3 1 Pet 1:22-23 Luke 7:13 Mark 6:30

Luke 17:6⁶So the Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 17:20 Mark 9:23 Matt 21:21 Matt 13:31-32 1 Cor 13:2 Luke 13:19 Mark 11:22-23 Luke 19:4

Luke 17:7⁷“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, ‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Luke 17:8⁸Won’t the master instead say to him, ‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:37 Gen 43:16

Luke 17:9⁹He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Luke 17:10¹⁰So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:16-17 1 Pet 5:5-6 Job 22:2-3 1 Cor 15:9-10 Job 35:6-7 Rom 11:35 Isa 64:6 Prov 16:2-3 1 Chr 29:14-16 Rom 3:12

Luke 17:11¹¹Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 9:51-52 John 4:3-4

Luke 17:12¹²As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 13:45-46 Luke 5:12 2 Kgs 7:3 Luke 18:13 2 Chr 26:20-21 2 Kgs 5:27 Num 12:14 Num 5:2-3

Luke 17:13¹³raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 18:38-39 Matt 15:22 Matt 20:30-31 Matt 9:27 Mark 9:22 Luke 5:5

Luke 17:14¹⁴When he saw them he said, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went along, they were cleansed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 13:1-46 Luke 5:14 2 Kgs 5:14 Matt 3:15 John 11:10 Lev 14:1-32 Matt 8:3-4 John 9:7 Isa 65:24 John 2:5

Luke 17:15¹⁵Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 30:11-12 Ps 103:1-4 Luke 17:17-18 Ps 118:18-19 Isa 38:19-22 John 9:38 Ps 107:20-22 2 Chr 32:24-26 John 5:14 Matt 9:8

Luke 17:16¹⁶He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. (Now he was a Samaritan.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 8:5-25 Matt 10:5 Rev 19:10 Luke 10:32-35 Rev 19:4-5 Acts 1:8 John 4:39-42 John 4:9 Luke 9:52-56 Rev 4:10

Luke 17:17¹⁷Then Jesus said, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 106:13 Rom 1:21 Gen 3:9 John 8:7-10

Luke 17:18¹⁸Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 50:23 Matt 15:24-28 Ps 106:13 Isa 42:12 Rev 14:7 Matt 19:30 Matt 20:16 Matt 8:10 Matt 8:12 Ps 29:1-2

Luke 17:19¹⁹Then he said to the man, “Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 5:34 Luke 7:50 Luke 8:48 Mark 10:52 Matt 9:22 Luke 18:42

Luke 17:20²⁰Now at one point the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:36 Dan 2:44 Luke 16:16 Luke 19:11 Acts 1:6-7 Luke 10:11 Luke 17:23-24 Zech 4:6

Luke 17:21²¹nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 12:28 Rom 14:17 Mark 13:21 Col 1:27 Luke 10:9-11 Matt 24:23-28 Luke 17:23 Luke 21:8 John 1:26

Luke 17:22²²Then he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 5:35 Matt 9:15 John 13:33 John 16:16-22 John 16:5-7 John 7:33-36 John 8:21-24 Mark 2:20 John 17:11-13 Luke 13:35

Luke 17:23²³Then people will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!’ or ‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 21:8 Matt 24:23-26 Luke 17:21 Mark 13:21-23

Luke 17:24²⁴For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:27 Mal 4:1-2 Matt 24:30 Zech 9:14 2 Pet 3:10 Mal 3:1-2 1 Thess 5:2 2 Thess 2:2 Jas 5:8 Job 37:3-4

Luke 17:25²⁵But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:21 Luke 9:22 Mark 8:31 Isa 53:3 John 1:11 Luke 24:25-26 Matt 20:18-19 Matt 21:42 Luke 18:31 Luke 18:33

Luke 17:26²⁶Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:37-39 Gen 7:7-23 Luke 17:24 1 Pet 3:19-20 2 Pet 2:5 Heb 11:7 Luke 17:22 2 Pet 3:6 Gen 6:5 Job 22:15-18

Luke 17:27²⁷People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:19-20 1 Thess 5:1-3 Isa 22:12-14 Luke 16:19-23 1 Sam 25:36-38 Deut 6:10-12 Deut 8:12-14 Isa 21:4 Job 21:9-13

Luke 17:28²⁸Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:49-50 Gen 18:20-21 Jas 5:1-5 Gen 13:13 Gen 19:1-28

Luke 17:29²⁹but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:6 Jude 1:7 Rev 11:8 Zeph 2:9 Deut 29:23-25 Isa 13:19 Jer 50:40 Matt 11:23-24 Amos 4:11 Hos 11:8

Luke 17:30³⁰It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:7 2 Thess 1:7 Rev 1:7 1 Pet 1:13 1 Pet 1:7 Luke 21:27 Luke 21:34-36 Matt 16:27 Matt 24:3 1 Pet 4:13

Luke 17:31³¹On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 45:5 Luke 21:21 Mark 13:14-16 Matt 16:26 Matt 24:17-21 Phil 3:7-8 Job 2:4 Matt 6:25

Luke 17:32³²Remember Lot’s wife!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 19:26 Heb 10:38-39 2 Pet 2:18-22 1 Cor 10:6-12 Gen 19:17

Luke 17:33³³Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 8:35-37 Matt 10:39 John 12:25 Luke 9:24-25 Matt 16:25 Rev 2:10

Luke 17:34³⁴I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:40-41 2 Pet 2:9 Mal 3:16-18 1 Thess 4:16-17 Luke 13:24 Mark 13:23 Ps 26:9 Ezek 9:4-6 Isa 42:9 Jer 45:5

Luke 17:35³⁵There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:41 Exod 11:5 Judg 16:21

Luke 17:37³⁷Then the disciples said to him, “Where, Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:28 Job 39:29-30 Rev 19:17-18 Zech 13:8-9 Amos 9:1-4 Zech 14:2 Dan 9:26-27

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