Holman Christian Standard Bible

Luke 17:3-13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

3. Be on your guard. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

4. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

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

6. “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

7. “Which one of you having a slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

8. Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?

9. Does he thank that slave because he did what was commanded?

10. In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’ ”

11. While traveling to Jerusalem, He passed between Samaria and Galilee.

12. As He entered a village, 10 men with serious skin diseases met Him. They stood at a distance

13. and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us! ”