‘If your brother or sister sins, warn them, and if they repent, forgive them. 4 And if your brother or sister sins against you seven times in one day, and each time they turn to you and say, “I repent,” you must forgive them.’

5 The apostles^b said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’

6 The Lord replied, ‘If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you.

7 ‘Suppose one of you has a servant who is out ploughing or tending the flock. When he comes in from the field, are you going to say to him, “Come at once and have your meal.”? 8 Instead, will you not say to him, “Prepare my dinner, then tuck your clothing into your belt^c and serve me while I eat and drink. After that you may eat and drink”? 9 Does the servant have special merit because he did what he was told? 10 It's the same with you; when you have done everything you were told to do, you should say, “We are servants who are owed nothing; we have only done our duty.”’

11 On his way to Jerusalem, 'Īsā was travelling along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was entering a village, he was met by ten men who had leprosy.^d They kept their distance from him 13 and shouted out, ‘'Īsā, Master! Have mercy on us!’

14 'Īsā looked at them and said, ‘Go and show yourselves to the Jewish priests.’^e While they were going there, they were healed and made clean.^f

15 When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back and in a loud voice he praised Allah. 16 He fell on his face at 'Īsā's feet and thanked him. And this man was a Samaritan.

17 'Īsā replied, ‘Were there not ten who were made clean? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one come back to give praise to Allah apart from this foreigner?’

19 Then 'Īsā said to him, ‘Get up and go. Your faith has saved you.’

20 Some Pharisees asked 'Īsā when the kingdom of Allah^g was coming. He answered them, ‘The kingdom of Allah is not coming with things that people can observe. 21 Nor will people say, “Look, here it is,” or, “Look, there it is,” for the kingdom of Allah is in your midst.’

22 'Īsā said to the disciples, ‘The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man,^h but you will not see it. 23 People will say to you, “Look, there he is!” or, “Look, here he is!” Don't go running after them. 24 For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first he must suffer much and be rejected by this generation.

26 ‘Just as it was in the days of Nuh,ⁱ so also it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating and drinking, getting married and arranging marriages right until the day Nuh went into the ark.^j Then the flood came and destroyed everyone.

28 ‘It was just the same in the days of Lut^k. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But on the day Lut left Sodom, fire and sulphur rained down from the sky and destroyed everyone.

30 ‘That is what it will be like on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, anyone who is on the roof of their house must not go down to get their belongings that are inside the house. In the same way, anyone out in the field must not turn back for anything. 32 Remember Lut's wife!^l

33 ‘Whoever wants to preserve their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life will keep it. 34 I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken away, the other will be left. 35(36) Two women will be grinding corn together: one will be taken away, the other will be left.’

37 ‘Where, Master?’ the disciples asked him.

He replied, ‘Where the dead body is, there the eagles will gather.’