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Teachings about Forgiveness and Faith
One day Jesus said to his disciples, “There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!
One day Jesus said to his disciples, “There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!
It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to fall into sin.
Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive.”
The apostles said to the Lord, “Show us how to increase our faith.”
Faith and Duty
And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
The Lord answered, “If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you!
So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
“When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, does his master say, ‘Come in and eat with me’?
And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’
But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’?
And does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not.
In the same way, when you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’”
So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”
Ten Healed of Leprosy
As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria.
Ten Lepers Cleansed
Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance,
Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!”
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.
and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine?
So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
The Coming of the Kingdom
Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation;
Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation;
Then He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
People will tell you, ‘Look, there is the Son of Man,’ or ‘Here he is,’ but don’t go out and follow them.
For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.
But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
“When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.
And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
In those days, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came and destroyed them all.
They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
“And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business — eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building —
Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
Yes, it will be ‘business as usual’ right up to the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
On that day a person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return home.
If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you will save it.
Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.