5. The apostles said to the Lord, "Give us more faith!"
6. He replied, "Suppose you have faith as small as a mustard seed. Then you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up. Be planted in the sea.' And it will obey you.
7. "Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. And suppose the servant came in from the field. Would you say to him, 'Come along now and sit down to eat'?
8. No. Instead, you would say, 'Prepare my supper. Get yourself ready. Wait on me while I eat and drink. Then after that you can eat and drink.'
9. Would you thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?
10. "It's the same with you. Suppose you have done everything you were told to do. Then you should say, 'We are not worthy to serve you. We have only done our duty.' "
11. Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. He traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee.
12. As he was going into a village, ten men met him. They had a skin disease. They were standing close by.
13. And they called out in a loud voice, "Jesus! Master! Have pity on us!"
14. Jesus saw them and said, "Go. Show yourselves to the priests." While they were on the way, they were healed.
15. When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back. He praised God in a loud voice.
16. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.
17. Jesus asked, "Weren't all ten healed? Where are the other nine?
18. Didn't anyone else return and give praise to God except this outsider?"
19. Then Jesus said to him, "Get up and go. Your faith has healed you."
20. Once the Pharisees asked Jesus when God's kingdom would come. He replied, "The coming of God's kingdom is not something you can see just by watching for it carefully.
21. People will not say, 'Here it is.' Or, 'There it is.' God's kingdom is among you."
22. Then Jesus spoke to his disciples. "The time is coming," he said, "when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man. But you won't see it.
23. People will tell you, 'There he is!' Or, 'Here he is!' Don't go running off after them.