20法利賽人問耶穌：「上帝的國什麼時候降臨？」 耶穌回答說：「上帝國的降臨並沒有看得見的徵兆。21所以沒有人能說，『上帝的國在這裡』，或說，『在那裡』，因為上帝的國就在你們心裡*。」22祂又對門徒說：「時候將到，你們將渴望見到人子降臨的日子，可是你們卻見不到。23有人將對你們說，『看啊，祂在這裡！』或說，『看啊，祂在那裡！』你們不要出去，也不要追隨他們。24因為人子降臨的時候必如劃過長空的閃電，從天這邊一直照亮到天那邊。25但祂必須先受苦，被這個世代棄絕。26「人子降臨時的情形將像挪亞的時代，27人們吃喝嫁娶，一直到挪亞進入方舟那天，洪水來了，毀滅了他們；28又像羅得的時代，人們吃喝、做買賣、耕地、蓋房。29在羅得離開所多瑪那天，烈火和硫磺從天而降，把他們全毀滅了。30「人子顯現之日的情形也是如此。31那天，在自己屋頂上的，不要下來收拾行李；在田裡工作的，也不要回家。32你們要記住羅得妻子的事。33想保全生命的，必喪失生命；喪失生命的，必保全生命。34我告訴你們，那天晚上，兩個人睡在一張床上，一個將被接去，一個將被撇下；35兩個女人一起推磨，一個將被接去，一個將被撇下；36兩個人在田間，一個將被接去，一個將被撇下。*」37門徒問：「主啊，在哪裡有這事呢？」 耶穌回答說：「屍體在哪裡，禿鷹就會聚集在哪裡。」
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Temptations to Sin
1And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin* are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.*3Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,4and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Increase Our Faith
5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”6And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Unworthy Servants
7“Will any one of you who has a servant* plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’?8Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly,* and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’?9Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?10So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants;* we have only done what was our duty.’”
Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers
11On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.12And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers,* who stood at a distance13and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”14When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed.15Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;16and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.17Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?18Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”19And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”*
The Coming of the Kingdom
20Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed,21nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”*22And he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.23And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them.24For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.*25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.27They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.28Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,29but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—30so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.31On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back.32Remember Lot’s wife.33Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.34I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.35There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.”*37And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the corpse* is, there the vultures* will gather.”
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