{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/luke/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T14:28:12.260Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Luke","bookSlug":"luke","chapter":17,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":24,"totalVerses":37},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"AND he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals should not come: but woe to him through whom they come. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"It were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these little ones. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, reprove him: and if he do penance, forgive him. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day be converted unto thee, saying, I repent; forgive him. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the Lord said: If you had faith like to a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this mulberry tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou transplanted into the sea: and it would obey you. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But which of you having a servant ploughing, or feeding cattle, will say to him, when he is come from the field: Immediately go, sit down to meat: "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And will not rather say to him: Make ready my supper, and gird thyself, and serve me, whilst I eat and drink, and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink? "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Doth he thank that servant, for doing the things which he commanded him? "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off; "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, master, have mercy on us. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Whom when he saw, he said: Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And one of them, when he saw that he was made clean, went back, with a loud voice glorifying God. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks: and this was a Samaritan. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And Jesus answering, said, Were not ten made clean? and where are the nine? "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"There is no one found to return and give glory to God, but this stranger. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And he said to him: Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made thee whole. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come? he answered them, and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man; and you shall not see it. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not after, nor follow them: "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For as the lightening that lighteneth from under heaven, shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"They did eat and drink, they married wives, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark: and the flood came and destroyed them all. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Likewise as it came to pass, in the days of Lot: they did eat and drink, they bought and sold, they planted and built. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed. "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"In that hour, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that shall be in the field, in like manner, let him not return back. "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Remember Lot's wife. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it, shall preserve it. "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"I say to you: in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. "},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Two women shall be grinding together: the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left: two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be keft. "},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"They answering, say to him: Where, Lord? "},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Luke 17 (DRB)","markdown":"[Luke 17](https://primebible.com/drb/luke/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/luke/17 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}