1 Disse Jesus a seus discípulos: É inevitável que venham escândalos, mas ai do homem pelo qual eles vêm! 2 Melhor fora que se lhe pendurasse ao pescoço uma pedra de moinho, e fosse atirado no mar, do que fazer tropeçar a um destes pequeninos.

3 Acautelai-vos. Se teu irmão pecar contra ti, repreende-o; se ele se arrepender, perdoa-lhe. 4 Se, por sete vezes no dia, pecar contra ti e, sete vezes, vier ter contigo, dizendo: Estou arrependido, perdoa-lhe.

5 Então, disseram os apóstolos ao Senhor: Aumenta-nos a fé. 6 Respondeu-lhes o Senhor: Se tiverdes fé como um grão de mostarda, direis a esta amoreira: Arranca-te e transplanta-te no mar; e ela vos obedecerá.

7 Qual de vós, tendo um servo ocupado na lavoura ou em guardar o gado, lhe dirá quando ele voltar do campo: Vem já e põe-te à mesa? 8 E que, antes, não lhe diga: Prepara-me a ceia, cinge-te e serve-me, enquanto eu como e bebo; depois, comerás tu e beberás? 9 Porventura, terá de agradecer ao servo porque este fez o que lhe havia ordenado? 10 Assim também vós, depois de haverdes feito quanto vos foi ordenado, dizei: Somos servos inúteis, porque fizemos apenas o que devíamos fazer.

11 De caminho para Jerusalém, passava Jesus pelo meio de Samaria e da Galileia. 12 Ao entrar numa aldeia, saíram-lhe ao encontro dez leprosos, 13 que ficaram de longe e lhe gritaram, dizendo: Jesus, Mestre, compadece-te de nós! 14 Ao vê-los, disse-lhes Jesus: Ide e mostrai-vos aos sacerdotes. Aconteceu que, indo eles, foram purificados. 15 Um dos dez, vendo que fora curado, voltou, dando glória a Deus em alta voz, 16 e prostrou-se com o rosto em terra aos pés de Jesus, agradecendo-lhe; e este era samaritano. 17 Então, Jesus lhe perguntou: Não eram dez os que foram curados? Onde estão os nove? 18 Não houve, porventura, quem voltasse para dar glória a Deus, senão este estrangeiro? 19 E disse-lhe: Levanta-te e vai; a tua fé te salvou.

20 Interrogado pelos fariseus sobre quando viria o reino de Deus, Jesus lhes respondeu: Não vem o reino de Deus com visível aparência. 21 Nem dirão: Ei-lo aqui! Ou: Lá está! Porque o reino de Deus está dentro de vós.

22 A seguir, dirigiu-se aos discípulos: Virá o tempo em que desejareis ver um dos dias do Filho do Homem e não o vereis. 23 E vos dirão: Ei-lo aqui! Ou: Lá está! Não vades nem os sigais; 24 porque assim como o relâmpago, fuzilando, brilha de uma à outra extremidade do céu, assim será, no seu dia, o Filho do Homem. 25 Mas importa que primeiro ele padeça muitas coisas e seja rejeitado por esta geração. 26 Assim como foi nos dias de Noé, será também nos dias do Filho do Homem: 27 comiam, bebiam, casavam e davam-se em casamento, até ao dia em que Noé entrou na arca, e veio o dilúvio e destruiu a todos. 28 O mesmo aconteceu nos dias de Ló: comiam, bebiam, compravam, vendiam, plantavam e edificavam; 29 mas, no dia em que Ló saiu de Sodoma, choveu do céu fogo e enxofre e destruiu a todos. 30 Assim será no dia em que o Filho do Homem se manifestar. 31 Naquele dia, quem estiver no eirado e tiver os seus bens em casa não desça para tirá-los; e de igual modo quem estiver no campo não volte para trás. 32 Lembrai-vos da mulher de Ló. 33 Quem quiser preservar a sua vida perdê-la-á; e quem a perder de fato a salvará. 34 Digo-vos que, naquela noite, dois estarão numa cama; um será tomado, e deixado o outro; 35 duas mulheres estarão juntas moendo; uma será tomada, e deixada a outra. 36 [Dois estarão no campo; um será tomado, e o outro, deixado.] 37 Então, lhe perguntaram: Onde será isso, Senhor? Respondeu-lhes: Onde estiver o corpo, aí se ajuntarão também os abutres.

1 Then said he to the disciples, It is impossible but that offenses will 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 offend one of these little ones.

3 Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespass against you, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

4 And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him.

5 And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.

6 And the Lord said, If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this sycamine tree, Be you plucked up by the root, and be you planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

8 And will not rather say to him, Make ready with which I may sup, and gird yourself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward you shall eat and drink?

9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.

10 So likewise you, when you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the middle of Samaria and Galilee.

12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

14 And when he saw them, he said to them, Go show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

19 And he said to him, Arise, go your way: your faith has made you whole.

20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comes not with observation:

21 Neither shall they say, See here! or, see there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

22 And he said to the disciples, The days will come, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you shall not see it.

23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.

24 For as the lightning, that lightens out of the one part under heaven, shines to the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

29 But the same 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 is revealed.

31 In that day, he which shall be on the housetop, 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.

32 Remember Lot' wife.

33 Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

34 I tell 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 left.

36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

37 And they answered and said to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Wherever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.