17He said to his disciples, "Hard trials and temptations are bound to come, but too bad for whoever brings them on!G1161G2036G4314G3101G2076G418G3361G4625G2064G1161G3759G1223G3739G20642Better to wear a millstone necklace and take a swim in the deep blue sea than give even one of these dear little ones a hard time!G3081G846G1487G3458G3684G4029G4012G846G5137G2532G4496G1519G2281G2228G2443G4624G1520G5130G33983"Be alert. If you see your friend going wrong, correct him. If he responds, forgive him.G4337G1438G1161G1437G4675G80G264G1519G4571G2008G846G2532G1437G3340G863G8464Even if it's personal against you and repeated seven times through the day, and seven times he says, 'I'm sorry, I won't do it again,' forgive him."G2532G1437G264G1519G4571G2034G2250G2532G2034G2250G1994G1909G4571G3004G3340G863G8465The apostles came up and said to the Master, "Give us more faith."G2532G652G2036G2962G4369G2254G41026But the Master said, "You don't need more faith. There is no 'more' or 'less' in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, 'Go jump in the lake,' and it would do it.G1161G2962G2036G1487G2192G4102G5613G2848G4615G302G3004G5026G4807G1610G2532G5452G1722G2281G2532G302G5219G52137"Suppose one of you has a servant who comes in from plowing the field or tending the sheep. Would you take his coat, set the table, and say, 'Sit down and eat'?G1161G5101G1537G5216G2192G1401G722G2228G4165G2046G3739G2112G1525G1537G68G3928G3778Wouldn't you be more likely to say, 'Prepare dinner; change your clothes and wait table for me until I've finished my coffee; then go to the kitchen and have your supper'?G235G3780G2046G846G2090G5101G1172G2532G4024G1247G3427G2193G5315G2532G4095G2532G3326G5023G4771G5315G2532G40959Does the servant get special thanks for doing what's expected of him?G3361G2192G5485G1565G1401G3754G4160G1299G846G1380G375610It's the same with you. When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, 'The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'"G3779G2532G5210G3752G4160G3956G1299G5213G3004G3754G2070G888G1401G3754G4160G3739G3784G416011It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee.G2532G1096G1722G846G4198G1519G2419G2532G846G1330G1223G3319G4540G2532G105612As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distanceG2532G846G1525G1519G5100G2968G528G846G1176G435G3015G3739G2476G420713but raised their voices, calling out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"G2532G846G142G5456G3004G2424G1988G1653G224814Taking a good look at them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." They went, and while still on their way, became clean.G2532G1492G2036G846G4198G1925G1438G2409G2532G1096G846G5217G1722G251115One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God.G1161G1520G1537G846G1492G3754G2390G5290G3326G3173G5456G1392G231616He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful. He couldn't thank him enough—and he was a Samaritan.G2532G4098G1909G4383G3844G846G4228G2168G846G2168G2532G846G2258G454117Jesus said, "Were not ten healed? Where are the nine?G1161G2424G611G2036G2511G3780G1176G2511G1161G4226G176718Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?"G2147G3756G2147G5290G1325G1391G2316G1508G3778G24119Then he said to him, "Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you."G2532G2036G846G450G4198G4675G4102G4982G4571G498220Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar.G1161G1905G5259G5330G4219G932G2316G2064G611G846G2532G2036G932G2316G2064G3756G3326G390721Nor when someone says, 'Look here!' or, 'There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you."G3761G2046G2400G5602G2228G2400G1563G1063G2400G932G2316G2076G1787G521622He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing.G1161G2036G4314G3101G2250G2064G3753G1937G1492G3391G2250G5207G444G2532G3700G3756G370023And they'll say to you, 'Look over there!' or, 'Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense.G2532G2046G5213G2400G5602G2228G2400G1563G565G3361G565G3366G137724The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes. "You know how the whole sky lights up from a single flash of lightning? That's how it will be on the Day of the Son of Man.G1063G5618G796G797G1537G5259G3772G2989G1519G5259G3772G3779G2532G5207G444G2071G1722G846G225025But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today.G1161G4412G1163G846G3958G4183G2532G593G575G5026G107426"The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah—G2532G2531G1096G1722G2250G3575G3779G2071G2532G1722G2250G5207G44427everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away.G2068G4095G1060G1547G891G2250G3739G3575G1525G1519G2787G2532G2627G2064G2532G622G53728"It was the same in the time of Lot—the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usualG3668G2532G5613G1096G1722G2250G3091G2068G4095G59G4453G5452G361829right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp.G3739G1161G2250G3091G1831G575G4670G1026G4442G2532G2303G575G3772G2532G622G53730That's how it will be—sudden, total—when the Son of Man is revealed.G2596G5024G2071G3739G2250G5207G444G60131"When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat.G1722G1565G2250G3739G2071G1909G1430G2532G846G4632G1722G3614G2597G3361G2597G142G846G142G2532G1722G68G1994G3668G3361G1994G1519G369432Remember what happened to Lot's wife!G3421G3091G113533If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms.G3739G1437G2212G4982G846G5590G622G846G2532G3739G1437G622G846G2225G84634"On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing—one taken, the other left.G3004G5213G5026G3571G2071G1417G1909G3391G2825G1520G3880G2532G2087G86335Two women will be working in the same kitchen—one taken, the other left."G1417G2071G229G846G1909G3391G3880G2532G2087G86336(OMITTED TEXT)G1417G2071G1722G68G1520G3880G2532G2087G86337Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body."G2532G611G3004G846G4226G2962G1161G2036G846G3699G4983G1563G4863G105G4863
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