Luke

Instructions to the Disciples

Jesus said to his disciples: 

“Scandals will necessarily come and cause people to stumble, but woe to the one who causes them.

It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone around his neck. Truly, this would be better for that person than to cause one of these little ones to fall.

Listen carefully: if your brother offends you, tell him, and if he is sorry, forgive him. 

And if he offends you seven times in one day, but seven times he says to you, ‘I’m sorry,’ forgive him.”

The apostles said to the Lord: 

“Increase our faith.” 

And the Lord said: 

“If you have faith, even the size of a mustard seed, you may say to this tree, ‘Be uprooted, and plant yourself in the sea!’ and it will obey you.”

Who among you would tell your servant, coming in from the fields after plowing or tending sheep, ‘Go ahead and have your dinner’? 

No, you tell him, ‘Prepare my dinner. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You can eat and drink afterward.’

Do you thank this servant for doing what you told him to do? 

I don’t think so. Therefore, when you have done all that you have been told to do, you should say, ‘We are no more than servants; we have only done our duty.’”

On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled through Samaria and Galilee, and 

as he entered a village, ten lepers came to meet him. 

Keeping their distance, they called to him: 

“Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

Jesus told them: 

“Go, and show yourselves to the priests.” 

Then, as they were on their way, they realized they were healed. 

One of them, as soon as he saw he was clean, turned back, praising God loudly;

and throwing himself at Jesus’ feet, he gave thanks. This man was a Samaritan.

Then Jesus asked him: 

“Were not all ten healed? Where are the other nine?

Did none of them decide to return and give praise to God, but this foreigner?” 

And Jesus said to him: 

“Stand up and go your way; your faith has saved you.”

The Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God would arrive. He replied: 

“The kingdom of God is not like something you can see, 

and say of it, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘See, there it is!’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

And Jesus told his disciples: 

“The time is near when you will long to see one of the glorious days of the Son of Man, but you will not get to see it.

Then people will tell you, ‘Look over there! Look here!’ ‘Do not go with them, do not follow them.’ 

As lightning flashes from one end of the sky to the other, so will it be with the Son of Man;

but first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be on the day the Son of Man comes. 

In those days, people ate, drank, and got married, but on the day Noah entered the ark, the flood came and destroyed them all. 

Similarly, in the days of Lot: people ate, drank, bought, and sold, and they planted and built. 

But on the day Lot left Sodom, God caused fire and sulfur to rain down from heaven, destroying everyone. 

So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

On that day, if you’re on the roof, don’t go down into the house to get your belongings; and if you happen to be in the fields, do not turn back. 

Remember Lot’s wife! 

Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever gives his life will find it.

I tell you, even if two men are sharing the same bed, it might happen that one will be taken and the other left;

even if two women are grinding meal together, one might be taken and the other left.

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Then they asked Jesus: 

“Where will this happen, Lord?” 

And he answered: 

“Where the body is, there the vultures will gather as well.”