17:01 .. he said to his disciples . . . It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come .. but woe to him through whom they come 17:02 .. It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea .. ......... than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble
17:03 .. be on your guard If your brother sins .. rebuke him .. and if he repents .. forgive him 17:04 .. and if he sins against you seven times a day .. and returns to you seven times .. saying . . . I repent .. forgive him
17:05 .. the apostles said to the Lord . . . Increase our faith 17:06 .. and the Lord said . . . If you had faith like a mustard seed .. you would say to this mulberry tree . . . ......... be uprooted and be planted in the sea .. and it would obey you 17:07 .. which of you .. having a slave plowing or tending sheep .. will say to him when he has come in from the field . . . ......... come immediately and sit down to eat 17:08 .. but will he not say to him . . . prepare something for me to eat .. and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink .. ......... and afterward you may eat and drink 17:09 .. he does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded .. does he 17:10 .. so you too .. when you do all the things which are commanded you .. say . . . we are unworthy slaves .. ......... we have done only that which we ought to have done
.................. ten lepers cleansed
17:11 .. while he was on the way to Jerusalem .. he was passing between Samaria and Galilee 17:12 .. as he entered a village .. ten leprous men who stood at a distance met him 17:13 .. and they raised their voices .. saying . . . Jesus .. Master .. have mercy on us 17:14 .. when he saw them .. he said to them . . . go and show yourselves to the priests .. and as they were going .. they were cleansed 17:15 .. now one of them .. when he saw that he had been healed .. turned back .. glorifying God with a loud voice 17:16 .. and he fell on his face at his feet .. giving thanks to him .. and he was a Samaritan 17:17 .. then Jesus answered and said . . . were there not ten cleansed .. but the nine . . . where are they 17:18 .. was no one found who returned to give glory to God .. except this foreigner 17:19 .. and he said to him . . . stand up and go . . . your faith has made you well
17:20 .. now having been questioned by the Pharisees as to when the kingdom of God was coming .. he answered them and said . . . ......... the kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed 17:21 .. nor will they say . . . Look .. here it is .. or .. there it is . . . for behold .. the kingdom of God is in your midst
.................. second coming foretold
17:22 .. and he said to the disciples . . . the days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man .. and you will not see it
17:23 .. they will say to you . . . look there .. Look here .. do not go away .. and do not run after them 17:24 .. for just like the lightning .. when it flashes out of one part of the sky .. shines to the other part of the sky . . . ......... so will the Son of Man be in his day 17:25 .. but first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation
17:26 .. and just as it happened in the days of Noah .. so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man 17:27 .. they were eating .. they were drinking .. they were marrying .. they were being given in marriage .. until the day that Noah entered the ark . . . ......... and the flood came and destroyed them all 17:28 .. It was the same as happened in the days of Lot .. they were eating .. they were drinking .. they were buying .. they were selling .. ......... they were planting .. they were building 17:29 .. but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all 17:30 .. It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed
17:31 .. on that day .. the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out .. ......... and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back 17:32 .. remember Lot’s wife 17:33 .. whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it .. and whoever loses his life will preserve it 17:34 .. I tell you . . . on that night there will be two in one bed .. one will be taken and the other will be left 17:35 .. there will be two women grinding at the same place . . . one will be taken and the other will be left 17:36 .. two men will be in the field . . . one will be taken and the other will be left 17:37 .. and answering they said to him . . . where .. Lord . . . and he said to them . . . where the body is .. ......... there also the vultures will be gathered
God’s relation to the believer is not one of contract but of ownership .. and since we never can merit his favors .. we should ever let him have the praise of his comforts .. while we seek to manifest his spirit toward our fellowmen . . . . Our Lord Jesus is with certainty coming back to earth to reign gloriously .. his coming will be with such suddenness that none can announce it in advance . . . the world will be moving on in its regular pursuits in disregard of the warnings of God’s Word .. when He appears . . . . Jesus did not teach these wicked men that the “kingdom of the heavens was “within” them .. but “among” them . . . It was then in their midst in the person of the Savior and his disciples . . . he has a kingdom which is yet to come with outward show (v. 24) and with such suddenness that men will not be able to point here and there and say “the kingdom is coming” . . . this is exactly what men are now trying to do . . . thinking the earthly kingdom can be set up without the King present