Frameworks:
Luke's Gospel, chapter 17
For
preliminaries see chapter 1
v.1-10
Sin, Faith, Duty
v.11-19
Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy
v.20-37
The Coming of the Kingdom of God
v.1-10
Sin, Faith, Duty
v.1
(beware stumbling
blocks and those who place them) Jesus
said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are
bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.
v.2
(if they cause
a young disciple to stumble, they're in big trouble) It
would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone
tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones
to stumble.
v.3
(correct those
against you AND forgive them) So
watch yourselves. “If your brother or sister sins against you,
rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them.
v.4
(how ever many
times they repent you must forgive them) Even
if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come
back to you saying ‘I repent,' you must forgive them.”
v.5
(the disciples
gasp at this ) The apostles
said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
v.6
(you only need
a tiny bit of faith to move any obstacle) He
replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can
say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,'
and it will obey you.
v.7
(remember you
are servants with ongoing duties) “Suppose
one of you has a servant ploughing or looking after the sheep.
Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come
along now and sit down to eat'?
v.8,9
(fulfil all
that is required of you ) Won't
he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait
on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'?
Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?
v.10
(remember all
the time, as a disciple I'm just a servant) So
you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should
say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.'”
v.11-19
Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy
v.11
(they are still
travelling towards Jerusalem) Now
on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus travelled along the border between
Samaria and Galilee.
v.12,13
(ten lepers
meet them) As he was going into
a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance
and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”
v.14
(he heals them
as they go) When he saw them,
he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went,
they were cleansed.
v.15
(one came back
thinking God) One of them, when
he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.
v.16
(he was a foreigner)
He threw himself at Jesus' feet and
thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
v.17,18
(Jesus asked
about the other nine) Jesus
asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has
no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”
v.19
(he affirms
the man) Then he said to him,
“Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”
v.20-37
The Coming of the Kingdom of God
v.20,21
(the coming
of the kingdom is invisible) Once,
on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would
come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not
something that can be observed, nor will people say, ‘Here it
is,' or ‘There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
v.22
(one day you
will wish these days were continuing) Then
he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long
to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see
it.
v.23
(if people tell
you I'm coming, don't believe them) People
will tell you, ‘There he is!' or ‘Here he is!' Do not go running
off after them.
v.24 (when
I come it will be in the sky seen by all) For
the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes
and lights up the sky from one end to the other.
v.25
(but before
that I've got to be rejected) But
first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
v.26
(it will be
just like Noah's day) “Just
as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days
of the Son of Man.
v.27
(life will continue
normally until the judgment) People
were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up
to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed
them all.
v.28
(similarly in
Lot's time) “It was the same
in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and
selling, planting and building.
v.29
(yet the judgment
did come) But the day Lot left
Sodom, fire and sulphur rained down from heaven and destroyed
them all.
v.30
(so it will
be when I come) “It will be
just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
v.31
(there will
not be time for second thoughts) On
that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside,
should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should
go back for anything.
v.32
Remember
Lot's wife!
v.33
(if you try
to preserve your life you'll lose it, and vice-versa) Whoever
tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their
life will preserve it.
v.34,35
(when judgment
comes, one will be taken and another left) I
tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will
be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding grain
together; one will be taken and the other left.”
v.37
(just watch
for the signs) “Where, Lord?”
they asked. He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the
vultures will gather.”