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Sin, Faith, Duty
1 Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause
people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone
through whom they come. 2 It would be better for you to be
thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around your neck
than for you to cause one of these little ones to stumble. 3
So watch yourselves. “If a brother or sister sins against
you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. 4 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.”
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
6 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.
7 “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing 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?’ 8
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?’ 9 Will he thank the servant because he did what
he was told to do? 10 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.’ ”
Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy
11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along
the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going
into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood
at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus,
Master, have pity on us!”
14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to
the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back,
praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’
feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are
the other nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give
praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to
him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”
The Coming of the Kingdom of God
20 Once, having been 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, 21 nor
will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the
kingdom of God is in your midst.”
22 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. 23 People will tell you, ‘There he
is!’ or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go running off after them. 24
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. 25 But first he must suffer many things and be
rejected by this generation.
26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will
it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 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.
28 “It was the same in the days of Lot. People were
eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and
building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur
rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of
Man is revealed. 31 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. 32 Remember Lot’s wife! 33 Whoever tries to keep
their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will
preserve it. 34 I tell you, on that night two people will be
in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 [36]Two
women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and
the other left.”
37 “Where, Lord?” they asked. He replied, “Where there
is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”
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Cults 
Why Did God Permit Sin?
