Comman English Bible Luke

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Luke 17:17
God knows your hearts. What is highly val- Faithful service ued by people is deeply offensive to God. 17 Jesus said to his disciples, “Things 16 Until John, there was only the Law and 17 that cause people to trip and fall into the Prophets. Since then, the good news of sin must happen, but how terrible it is for God's kingdom is preached, and everyone the person through whom they happen. It is urged to enter it. "It's easier for heaven would be better for them to be thrown into and earth to pass away than for the small- a lake with a large stone hung around their est stroke of a pen in the Law to drop out. necks than to cause one of these little ones 18 Any man who divorces his wife and mar- to trip and fall into sin. ?Watch yourselves! ries another commits adultery, and a man If your brother or sister sins, warn them to who marries a woman divorced from her stop. If they change their hearts and lives, husband commits adultery.
forgive them. “Even if someone sins against 19“There was a certain rich man who you seven times in one day and returns to clothed himself in purple and fine linen, you seven times and says, 'I am changing and who feasted luxuriously every day. my ways, you must forgive that person.” 20 At his gate lay a certain poor man named “The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase Lazarus who was covered with sores. ?'Laz- our faith!" arus longed to eat the crumbs that fell from The Lord replied, "If you had faith the the rich man's table. Instead, dogs would size of a mustard seed, you could say to this come and lick his sores.
mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in 22 "The poor man died and was carried the sea, and it would obey you. by angels to Abraham's side. The rich man 7"Would any of you say to your servant, also died and was buried. 23While being tor- who had just come in from the field after mented in the place of the dead, he looked plowing or tending sheep, 'Come! Sit down up and saw Abraham at a distance with for dinner'? Wouldn't you say instead, 'Fix Lazarus at his side. 24He shouted, 'Father my dinner. Put on the clothes of a table Abraham, have mercy on me. Send Lazarus servant and wait on me while I eat and to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool drink. After that, you can eat and drink? my tongue because I'm suffering in this 'You won't thank the servant because the flame.' 25But Abraham said, 'Child, remem- servant did what you asked, will you? 'In ber that during your lifetime you received the same way, when you have done everygood things whereas Lazarus received terri- thing required of you, you should say, 'We ble things. Now Lazarus is being comforted servants deserve no special praise. We have and you are in great pain. Moreover, a only done our duty.'”. great crevasse has been fixed between us and you. Those who wish to cross over from Jesus heals a Samaritan here to you cannot. Neither can anyone "On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus travcross from there to us!
eled along the border between Samaria and 27“The rich man said, “Then I beg you, Galilee. 1?As he entered a village, ten men Father, send Lazarus to my father's house. with skin diseases approached him. Keep281 have five brothers. He needs to warn ing their distance from him, 13they raised them so that they don't come to this place their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, show of agony.' 29 Abraham replied, "They have us mercy!" Moses and the Prophets. They must listen 4When Jesus saw them, he said, "Go, to them.' 30 The rich man said, 'No, Father show yourselves to the priests.” As they left, Abraham! But if someone from the dead they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he goes to them, they will change their hearts saw that he had been healed, returned and and lives.' 31 Abraham said, 'If they don't lis- praised God with a loud voice. He fell on ten to Moses and the Prophets, then nei- his face at Jesus' feet and thanked him. He ther will they be persuaded if someone rises was a Samaritan. "Jesus replied, “Weren't from the dead.""
ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?