1 And he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals should not come: but woe to him through whom they come. 2 It were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, reprove him: and if he do penance, forgive him. 4 And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day be converted unto thee, saying, I repent; forgive him. 5 And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. 6 And the Lord said: If you had faith like to a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this mulberry tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou transplanted into the sea: and it would obey you. 7 But which of you having a servant ploughing, or feeding cattle, will say to him, when he is come from the field: Immediately go, sit down to meat: 8 And will not rather say to him: Make ready my supper, and gird thyself, and serve me, whilst I eat and drink, and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink? 9 Doth he thank that servant, for doing the things which he commanded him? 10 I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do. 11 And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off; 13 And lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, master, have mercy on us. 14 Whom when he saw, he said: Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was made clean, went back, with a loud voice glorifying God. 16 And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks: and this was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering, said, Were not ten made clean? and where are the nine? 18 There is no one found to return and give glory to God, but this stranger. 19 And he said to him: Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made thee whole. 20 And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come? he answered them, and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 And he said to his disciples: The days will come, when you shall desire to see one day of the Son of man; and you shall not see it. 23 And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not after, nor follow them: 24 For as the lightening that lighteneth from under heaven, shineth unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day. 25 But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation. 26 And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat and drink, they married wives, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark: and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it came to pass, in the days of Lot: they did eat and drink, they bought and sold, they planted and built. 29 And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed. 31 In that hour, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that shall be in the field, in like manner, let him not return back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it, shall preserve it. 34 I say to you: in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two women shall be grinding together: the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left: two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be keft. 36 They answering, say to him: Where, Lord? 37 Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
Luke · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 18:7; Romans 14:13; 1 Corinthians 11:19; Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 8:13
- 2 Mark 9:42; Matthew 18:14; Matthew 18:3–6; Matthew 18:10; 1 Corinthians 8:11–12
- 3 Leviticus 19:17; Matthew 18:15–17; Matthew 18:21; Proverbs 9:8; 2 Chronicles 19:6–7
- 4 Colossians 3:12–13; Matthew 18:21–22; Romans 12:20; Matthew 6:14–15; Matthew 6:12
- 5 Mark 9:24; Hebrews 12:2; Philippians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 12:8–10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3
- 6 Matthew 17:20; Mark 9:23; Matthew 21:21; Matthew 13:31–32; Luke 13:19
- 8 Luke 12:37; Genesis 43:16
- 10 1 Corinthians 9:16–17; Job 22:2–3; 1 Peter 5:5–6; 1 Corinthians 15:9–10; Job 35:6–7
- 11 Luke 9:51–52; John 4:3–4
- 12 Leviticus 13:45–46; Luke 5:12; 2 Kings 7:3; Luke 18:13; 2 Chronicles 26:20–21
- 13 Matthew 9:27; Matthew 15:22; Matthew 20:30–31; Luke 18:38–39; Mark 9:22
- 14 Leviticus 13:1–46; Luke 5:14; 2 Kings 5:14; Matthew 3:15; John 11:10
- 15 Psalm 30:11–12; Psalm 103:1–4; Isaiah 38:19–22; Psalm 118:18–19; Luke 17:17–18
- 16 Acts 8:5–25; Matthew 10:5; Revelation 19:10; Luke 10:32–35; Revelation 19:4–5
- 17 Romans 1:21; Psalm 106:13; Genesis 3:9; John 8:7–10
- 18 Psalm 50:23; Matthew 15:24–28; Psalm 106:13; Matthew 8:12; Isaiah 42:12
- 19 Mark 5:34; Matthew 9:22; Mark 10:52; Luke 7:50; Luke 8:48
- 20 John 18:36; Luke 19:11; Luke 16:16; Daniel 2:44; Zechariah 4:6
- 21 Matthew 12:28; Romans 14:17; Mark 13:21; Luke 10:9–11; Colossians 1:27
- 22 Luke 5:35; Matthew 9:15; John 13:33; John 8:21–24; Mark 2:20
- 23 Luke 21:8; Matthew 24:23–26; Luke 17:21; Mark 13:21–23
- 24 Matthew 24:27; Malachi 4:1–2; Matthew 24:30; Zechariah 9:14; Malachi 3:1–2
- 25 Matthew 16:21; Luke 9:22; Mark 8:31; Matthew 21:42; Luke 24:25–26
- 26 Matthew 24:37–39; Luke 17:24; Genesis 7:7–23; Luke 17:22; 1 Peter 3:19–20
- 27 Luke 12:19–20; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–3; Luke 16:19–23; Isaiah 22:12–14; Job 21:9–13
- 28 Ezekiel 16:49–50; Genesis 18:20–21; James 5:1–5; Genesis 13:13; Genesis 19:1–28
- 29 Revelation 11:8; Zephaniah 2:9; Jeremiah 50:40; Jude 7; 2 Peter 2:6
- 30 2 Thessalonians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:7; Revelation 1:7; 1 Peter 1:7; Luke 21:34–36
- 31 Jeremiah 45:5; Matthew 16:26; Luke 21:21; Mark 13:14–16; Philippians 3:7–8
- 32 Hebrews 10:38–39; Genesis 19:26; 2 Peter 2:18–22; 1 Corinthians 10:6–12; Genesis 19:17
- 33 Mark 8:35–37; Matthew 10:39; John 12:25; Luke 9:24–25; Matthew 16:25
- 34 Matthew 24:40–41; 2 Peter 2:9; Malachi 3:16–18; 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17; Psalm 28:3
- 35 Matthew 24:41; Exodus 11:5; Judges 16:21
- 37 Matthew 24:28; Job 39:29–30; Zechariah 13:8–9; Revelation 19:17–18; Amos 9:1–4
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The Holy Gospel which we heard just now as it was being read, has admonished touching the remission of sins. And on this subject must ye be admonished now by my discourse.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… shall those things be which thou hast prepared?" and similar to this, that of the rich man, who was clothed in purple and who fared sumptuously, and the indigent Lazarus; also the answer which He gave to His disciples when they said, "Increase our faith;" also His conversation with Zaccheus the publican; also about the Pharisee and the publican, who …
In that day, he which shall be upon the house-top, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot's wife." Is it when our Lord shall have been revealed that men are to give heed to these sayings, and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For in the same way, we too, when we have servants, do then most approve them when, after having performed all their service with good will, they do not think they have done anything great.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
But if thou thinkest that thou really art faithful, but hast not yet the fulness of faith, thou too hast need to say like the Apostles, Lord, increase our faith: for some part thou hast of thyself, but the greater part thou receivest from Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)