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Luke 17 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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(Mat 18:6, 7; Mar 9:42 )

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Jesus said to His disciples, “Stumbling blocks [temptations and traps set to lure one to sin] are sure to come, but woe (judgment is coming) to him through whom they come!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - “It would be better for him if a millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea, than for him to cause one of these [fn]little ones to stumble [in sin and lose faith].

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:3 - “Pay attention and always be on guard [looking out for one another]! If your brother sins and disregards God’s precepts, solemnly warn him; and if he repents and changes, forgive him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:4 - “Even if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him [that is, give up resentment and consider the offense recalled and annulled].”
(Mat 17:19–21; Mar 9:28, 29 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:5 -

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith [our ability to confidently trust in God and in His power].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:6 - And the Lord said, “If you [fn]have [confident, abiding] faith in God [even as small] as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree [which has very strong roots], ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea’; and [if the request was in agreement with the will of God] it would have obeyed you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:7 -

“Which of you who has a servant plowing or tending sheep will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:8 - “Will he not instead say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, and appropriately clothe yourself [for service] and serve me while I eat and drink; then afterward you may eat and drink?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:9 - “He does not thank the servant just because he did what he was ordered to do, does he?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:10 - “So you too, when you have done everything that was assigned and commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants [undeserving of praise or a reward, for we have not gone beyond our obligation]; we have merely done what we ought to do.’”

Ten Lepers Cleansed

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:11 -

While Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing [along the border] between Samaria and Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:12 - As He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers who stood at a distance;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:13 - and they raised their voices and called out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:14 - When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were [miraculously] healed and made clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:15 - One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying and praising and honoring God with a loud voice;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:16 - and he lay face downward at Jesus’ feet, thanking Him [over and over]. He was a [fn]Samaritan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:17 - Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten [of you] cleansed? Where are the [other] nine?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:18 - “Was there no one found to return and to give thanks and praise to God, except this foreigner?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:19 - Jesus said to him, “Get up and go [on your way]. Your faith [your personal trust in Me and your confidence in God’s power] has restored you to health.”
(Gen 6:5—8:22; 19:12–14 )

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Now having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed or with a visible display;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:21 - nor will people say, ‘Look! Here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For the kingdom of God is among you [because of My presence].”

Second Coming Foretold

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Then He said to the disciples, “The time will come when you will long to see [even] one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:23 - “They will say to you, ‘Look [the Messiah is] there!’ or ‘Look [He is] here!’ Do not go away [to see Him], and do not run after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:24 - “For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part [fn]of the sky, gives light to the other part [fn]of the sky, so [visible] will the Son of Man be in His day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:25 - “But first He must suffer many things and be repudiated and rejected and considered unfit [to be the Messiah] by this [unbelieving] generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:26 - “And just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the [fn]time of [the second coming of] the Son of Man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:27 - the people were [fn]eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, [they were indifferent to God] until the day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:28 - “It was the same as it was in the days of Lot. People were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building [carrying on business as usual, without regard for their sins];

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:29 - but on the [very] day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone (burning sulfur) from heaven and destroyed them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:30 - “It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - “On that day, whoever is on the housetop, with his belongings in the house, must not come down [and go inside] to take them out; and likewise whoever is in the field must not turn back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:32 - “Remember [what happened to] Lot’s wife [when she looked back]!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:33 - “Whoever seeks to save his [fn]life will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] will keep it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God].

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:34 - “I tell you, on that night [when Messiah comes again] there will be two [sleeping] in one bed; the [fn]one (the non-believer) will be taken [away in judgment] and the [fn]other (the believer) will be left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:35 - “There will be two women grinding [at the mill] together; the [fn]one (the non-believer) will be taken [away in judgment] and the other (the believer) will be left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:36 - [fn][“Two men will be in the field; [fn]one will be taken and the other will be left.”]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:37 - And they asked Him, “Where, Lord?” He answered, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will be gathered.”
See the AMP Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
AMP Footnotes
I.e. believers.
Jesus used this moment to emphasize that a person’s confident, abiding faith combined with God’s will and power can produce absolutely amazing results. God is fully capable of doing that which man regards as impossible (Mark 14:36; James 4:3).
The Samaritans and the Jews ordinarily despised each other.
Lit under heaven.
Lit under heaven.
This refers to the beginning of the Millennial kingdom when Christ returns physically and rules on earth.
I.e. the people of Noah’s time were living lives of ignorant bliss, without any concern or fear that their sins would bring down on them the judgment of God.
Or soul.
This is not the sudden catching up (or rapture) of believers as described in 1 Thess 4:13-18 when Christ returns in the air (not to earth), and gathers believers to be with Him.
The believers are left and will be with Christ on the earth during the Millennium.
See note v 34.
This v is not found in early mss, nor in many late ones.
See note v 34.
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