1 He said to his disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. 3 Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and seven times returns to you saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” 6 The Lord said, “If you have faith like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

7 Which of you who has a slave plowing or tending a flock will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at the table’? 8 Will he not rather say, ‘Prepare my dinner, belt your clothing, and serve me until I have eaten and drunk. Afterward you may eat and drink’? 9 Does he thank the slave because he did what was commanded? 10 So you too, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable slaves; we have done what we ought to have done.’ ”

11 On his way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” As they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, seeing that he had been healed, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice. 16 He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Get up and go. Your faith has saved you.”

20 When the Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God does not come in a way that can be observed, 21 nor will people say, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘There!’ For look, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

22 He said to the disciples, “Days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 They will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow after them. 24 For as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 They were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, as it was in the days of Lot: They were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building. 29 But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, whoever is on the roof, with his belongings in the house, must not come down to take them. Likewise, whoever is in the field must not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife. 33 Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will keep it alive. 34 I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken, and the other left. 35 Two women will be grinding together. One will be taken, and the other left. 36 [Two will be in the field. One will be taken, and the other left.”] 37 They answered him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the eagles will gather.”