Revised Version 1885

Luke 17:2-20 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

2. It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

3. Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

4. And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

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

6. And the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would have obeyed you.

7. But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

8. and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

9. Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?

10. Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.

11. And it came to pass, as they were on the way to Jerusalem, that he was passing through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

12. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

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

14. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.

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

16. and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

17. And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

18. Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?

19. And he said unto him, Arise, and go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

20. And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: