1And he said unto his disciples , It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come ; but woe unto him , through whom they come ! 2It 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 . 3Take heed to yourselves : if thy brother sin, rebuke him ; and if he repent , forgive him . 4And if he sin against thee seven times in the day , and seven times turn again to thee, saying , I repent ; thou shalt forgive him . 5And the apostles said unto the Lord , Increase our faith . 6And the Lord said , If ye had 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 obey you . 7But 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 ; 8and 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 ? 9Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded ? 10Even 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 .
The Coming of the Kingdom of God
11And it came to pass , as they were on the way to Jerusalem , that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee . 12And as he entered into a certain village , there met him ten men that were lepers , who stood afar off : 13and they lifted up their voices , saying , Jesus , Master , have mercy on us . 14And when he saw them , he said unto them , Go and show yourselves unto the priests . And it came to pass , as they went , they were cleansed . 15And one of them , when he saw that he was healed , turned back , with a loud voice glorifying God ; 16and he fell upon his face at his feet , giving him thanks : and he was a Samaritan . 17And Jesus answering said , Were not the ten cleansed ? but where are the nine ? 18Were there none found that returned to give glory to God , save this stranger? 19And he said unto him , Arise, and go thy way : thy faith hath made thee whole . 20And being asked by the Pharisees , when the kingdom of God cometh , he answered them and said , The kingdom of God cometh not with observation : 21neither shall they say , Lo , here ! or , There ! for lo , the kingdom of God is within you .
The Day of the Son of Man
22And he said unto the disciples , The days will come , when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man , and ye shall not see it . 23And they shall say to you , Lo , there ! Lo , here ! go not away, nor follow after them : 24for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven , shineth unto the other part under heaven ; so shall the Son of man be in his day . 25But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation . 26And as it came to pass in the days of Noah , even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man . 27They ate , they drank , they married , they were given in marriage , until the day that Noah entered into the ark , and the flood came , and destroyed them all . 28Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot ; they ate , they drank , they bought, they sold , they planted , they builded; 29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven , and destroyed them all : 30after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed. 31In that day , he that shall be on the housetop , and his goods in the house , let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back . 32Remember Lot ’s wife . 33Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it : but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it . 34I say unto you , In that night there shall be two men on one bed ; the one shall be taken , and the other shall be left. 35There shall be two women grinding together ; the one shall be taken , and the other shall be left. 3637And they answering say unto him , Where , Lord ? And he said unto them , Where the body is , thither will the eagles also be gathered together .