English Standard Version

Luke 17:5-22 English Standard Version (ESV)

5. The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

6. And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

7. “Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’?

8. Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly,and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’?

9. Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?

10. So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants;we have only done what was our duty.’”

11. On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

12. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance

13. and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”

14. When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed.

15. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;

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

17. Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

18. Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”

19. And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”

20. Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed,

21. nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”

22. And 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.