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Handle His little ones (vv.1-3)
Take heed to yourselves… – Luke 17:3a (CWSB)
He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks (skandalon) come, but woe to him through whom they come! – Luke 17:1 (NASB)
False
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling (skandalon) block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s purposes, but men’s.” – Matthew 16:23 (NASB)
False
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances (skandalon) contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. – Romans 16:17 (NASB)
…so that you are not lacking in any gift (charisma), as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
– 1 Corinthians 1:7 (NASB)
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Forgiving a …If your brother (adelphos) sins… (vv.3-4)
I am willing to …rebuke him…
A Disciple confronts to the next
Repenting is the for forgiveness
…and if he repents, forgive him. – Luke 17:3 (NASB)
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But the Lord said, If you had faith as a grain of mustard, you may say to this sycamine tree, Be rooted up and be planted in the sea! And it would obey you. – Luke 17:6 (LITV)
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For Disciples it’s not (vv.7-10)
Disciples are because they to be
Suppose one of you has a servant (duolos) plowing or looking after the sheep. (v.7) (NIV)
…for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and worldly, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers…slave traders (menstealers [KJV] andrapodistes), liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching. – 1 Timothy 1:9-10 (NASB)
A Disciple doesn’t what to
Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me… (v.8) (NIV)
A Disciple does what they
“We are merely servants, and we have simply done our duty.” (v.10) (CEV)
(Jesus) It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. – Luke 12:37 (NIV)
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Ten Lepers Cleansed (vv.11-19)
Acted in faith with no but His
The cleansing wasn’t …as they were going… (v.14)
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper… And the priest shall command — that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water.
– Leviticus 14:2-5 (CWSB)
Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying (doxazo) God with a loud voice, and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks (eucharisteo) to Him. And he was a Samaritan.
– Luke 17:15-16 (NASB)