5And the disciples said unto the Lord, increase our faith. 6And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye might say to that sycamore-tree, Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea; and it would obey you.
7But which of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, when he cometh from the field, will say immediately, Come, sit down at table? 8And will he not rather say, Prepare for me to sup, and gird thyself, and wait upon me, till I eat and drink; and after that, thou shalt eat and drink thyself? 9Doth he hold it as a favour from that servant, that he did the things which were ordered him? I think not. 10So also ye, when ye have done all things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: for we have but done what was our duty to do.
11And it came to pass, as he was going towards Jerusalem, he passed also through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12And as he was entering a certain village, ten leprous men met him, who stood at a distance: 13and they lift up their voice, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us! 14And looking towards them, he said, Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that as they were on the road, they were made clean. 15Then one of them, seeing that he was cured, returned, and with a loud voice gave glory to God, 16and fell prostrate at his feet giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17Then Jesus spake and said, were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 18There are none found returning to give glory to God, but this alien. 19And he said to him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath saved thee.
20And being asked by one of the Pharisees, When cometh the kingdom of God? he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22Then said he to the disciples, The days will come when ye shall eagerly desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it. 23And they will say to you, Lo here! and lo there! go not after them, nor follow them. 24For as the lightning flashing from one quarter under heaven, shineth to another quarter under heaven; so shall the Son of man also be at his day. 25But he must first suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation. 26And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the days of the coming of the Son of man. 27They did eat, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed them all.
28Even so, likewise, it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29but the day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30Just so will it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed. 31In that day, let not the man who is upon the roof, and his goods in the house, go down to carry them away: and he that is in the field, in like manner, let him not return for any things behind him. 32Remember Lot’s wife. 33Whosoever seeketh to preserve his life shall lose it; and whosoever would lose it, shall preserve it. 34I tell you, in that night two shall be in the same bed; the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. Two women shall be grinding together: the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. 35Two shall be in the field; the one shall be seized, and the other dismissed. 36TEXT OMITTED 37And they answering, said to him, Where, Lord? And he said, Wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
[CHAP. XVIII.]
THEN he spake also to them a parable, to shew that we ought to pray always, and not faint; 2saying, There was a certain judge in a particular city, having no fear of God, nor respect for man: 3and there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Do me justice against my adversary. 4And he would not for a long while: but after this he said, Though I fear not God, nor respect man; 5yet because this woman is so troublesome to me, I will do her justice, lest by her perpetual coming she stun me with her importunity, 6Then said the Lord, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7And shall not God execute vengeance for his own elect, who cry out to him day and night, though he bear long with them? 8Yes, I tell you, that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, ah! shall he find faith on the earth?
9Then he spake also this parable to certain persons, who had confidence in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others: 10Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-farmer. 11The Pharisee, standing by himself, made this prayer: God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of mankind, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this tax-gatherer. 12I keep a fast twice a week, I pay the tenth of all things I possess. 13And the tax-gatherer standing at a distance, would not even so much as lift his eyes heaven-ward, but smote on his breast, saying, May God accept the atonement for me a sinner! 14I say to you, Went this man down to his house justified, or the other? for every one who exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
15Then they brought him infants also, that he should touch them: but the disciples, when they saw it, rebuked them. 16But Jesus calling them to him, said, Permit little children to come to me, and hinder them not for of such is the kingdom of God. 17Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
18And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life? 19Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good, but one, even God.