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# Luke 17

Luke 17 is chapter 17 of 24 in the Gospel of Luke. Here are all 37 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Lessons of avoiding scandal and of the efficacy of faith. The ten lepers. The manner of the coming of Christ.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Luke 17 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And he said to his disciples: “It is impossible for scandals not to occur. But woe to him through whom they come!
2. It would be better for him if a millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than to lead astray one of these little ones.
3. Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him.
4. And if he has sinned against you seven times a day, and seven times a day has turned back to you, saying, ‘I am sorry,’ then forgive him.”
5. And the Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
6. But the Lord said: “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you may say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be transplanted into the sea.’ And it would obey you.
7. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, would say to him, as he was returning from the field, ‘Come in immediately; sit down to eat,’
8. and would not say to him: ‘Prepare my dinner; gird yourself and minister to me, while I eat and drink; and after these things, you shall eat and drink?’
9. Would he be grateful to that servant, for doing what he commanded him to do?
10. I think not. So too, when you have done all these things that have been taught to you, you should say: ‘We are useless servants. We have done what we should have done.’”
11. And it happened that, while he was traveling to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12. And as he was entering a certain town, ten leprous men met him, and they stood at a distance.
13. And they lifted up their voice, saying, “Jesus, Teacher, take pity on us.”
14. And when he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that, as they were going, they were cleansed.
15. And one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, returned, magnifying God with a loud voice.
16. And he fell face down before his feet, giving thanks. And this one was a Samaritan.
17. And in response, Jesus said: “Were not ten made clean? And so where are the nine?
18. Was no one found who would return and give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
19. And he said to him: “Rise up, go forth. For your faith has saved you.”
20. Then he was questioned by the Pharisees: “When does the kingdom of God arrive?” And in response, he said to them: “The kingdom of God arrives unobserved.
21. And so, they will not say, ‘Behold, it is here,’ or ‘Behold, it is there.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”
22. And he said to his disciples: “The time will come when you will desire to see one day of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
23. And they will say to you, ‘Behold, he is here,’ and ‘Behold, he is there.’ Do not choose to go out, and do not follow them.
24. For just as lightning flashes from under heaven and shines to whatever is under heaven, so also will the Son of man be in his day.
25. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26. And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of man.
27. They were eating and drinking; they were taking wives and being given in marriage, even until the day that Noah entered the ark. And the flood came and destroyed them all.
28. It shall be similar to what happened in the days of Lot. They were eating and drinking; they were buying and selling; they were planting and building.
29. Then, on the day that Lot departed from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and it destroyed them all.
30. According to these things, so shall it be in the day when the Son of man will be revealed.
31. In that hour, whoever will be on the rooftop, with his goods in the house, let him not descend to take them. And whoever will be in the field, similarly, let him not turn back.
32. Remember Lot’s wife.
33. Whoever has sought to save his life, will lose it; and whoever has lost it, will bring it back to life.
34. I say to you, in that night, there will be two in one bed. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind.
35. Two will be at the grindstone together. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind. Two will be in the field. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind.”
36. Responding, they said to him, “Where, Lord?”
37. And he said to them, “Wherever the body will be, in that place also, the eagles shall be gathered together.”

## Luke 17 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et ait ad discipulos suos: Impossibile est ut non veniant scandala: væ autem illi per quem veniunt.
2. Utilius est illi si lapis molaris imponatur circa collum ejus, et projiciatur in mare quam ut scandalizet unum de pusillis istis.
3. Attendite vobis: Si peccaverit in te frater tuus, increpa illum: et si pœnitentiam egerit, dimitte illi.
4. Et si septies in die peccaverit in te, et septies in die conversus fuerit ad te, dicens: Pœnitet me, dimitte illi.
5. Et dixerunt apostoli Domino: Adauge nobis fidem.
6. Dixit autem Dominus: Si habueritis fidem sicut granum sinapis, dicetis huic arbori moro: Eradicare, et transplantare in mare, et obediet vobis.
7. Quis autem vestrum habens servum arantem aut pascentem, qui regresso de agro dicat illi: Statim transi, recumbe:
8. et non dicat ei: Para quod cœnem, et præcinge te, et ministra mihi donec manducem, et bibam, et post hæc tu manducabis, et bibes?
9. Numquid gratiam habet servo illi, quia fecit quæ ei imperaverat?
10. non puto. Sic et vos cum feceritis omnia quæ præcepta sunt vobis, dicite: Servi inutiles sumus: quod debuimus facere, fecimus.
11. Et factum est, dum iret in Jerusalem, transibat per mediam Samariam et Galilæam.
12. Et cum ingrederetur quoddam castellum, occurrerunt ei decem viri leprosi, qui steterunt a longe:
13. et levaverunt vocem, dicentes: Jesu præceptor, miserere nostri.
14. Quos ut vidit, dixit: Ite, ostendite vos sacerdotibus. Et factum est, dum irent, mundati sunt.
15. Unus autem ex illis, ut vidit quia mundatus est, regressus est, cum magna voce magnificans Deum,
16. et cecidit in faciem ante pedes ejus, gratias agens: et hic erat Samaritanus.
17. Respondens autem Jesus, dixit: Nonne decem mundati sunt? et novem ubi sunt?
18. Non est inventus qui rediret, et daret gloriam Deo, nisi hic alienigena.
19. Et ait illi: Surge, vade: quia fides tua te salvum fecit.
20. Interrogatus autem a pharisæis: Quando venit regnum Dei? respondens eis, dixit: Non venit regnum Dei cum observatione:
21. neque dicent: Ecce hic, aut ecce illic. Ecce enim regnum Dei intra vos est.
22. Et ait ad discipulos suos: Venient dies quando desideretis videre unum diem Filii hominis, et non videbitis.
23. Et dicent vobis: Ecce hic, et ecce illic. Nolite ire, neque sectemini:
24. nam, sicut fulgur coruscans de sub cælo in ea quæ sub cælo sunt, fulget: ita erit Filius hominis in die sua.
25. Primum autem oportet illum multa pati, et reprobari a generatione hac.
26. Et sicut factum est in diebus Noë, ita erit et in diebus Filii hominis:
27. edebant et bibebant: uxores ducebant et dabantur ad nuptias, usque in diem, qua intravit Noë in arcam: et venit diluvium, et perdidit omnes.
28. Similiter sicut factum est in diebus Lot: edebant et bibebant, emebant et vendebant, plantabant et ædificabant:
29. qua die autem exiit Lot a Sodomis, pluit ignem et sulphur de cælo, et omnes perdidit:
30. secundum hæc erit qua die Filius hominis revelabitur.
31. In illa hora, qui fuerit in tecto, et vasa ejus in domo, ne descendat tollere illa: et qui in agro, similiter non redeat retro.
32. Memores estote uxoris Lot.
33. Quicumque quæsierit animam suam salvam facere, perdet illam: et quicumque perdiderit illam, vivificabit eam.
34. Dico vobis: In illa nocte erunt duo in lecto uno: unus assumetur, et alter relinquetur:
35. duæ erunt molentes in unum: una assumetur, et altera relinquetur: duo in agro: unus assumetur, et alter relinquetur.
36. Respondentes dicunt illi: Ubi Domine?
37. Qui dixit illis: Ubicumque fuerit corpus, illuc congregabuntur et aquilæ.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 2287: Respect for the Dignity of Persons ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2845: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2227: The Duties of Family Members ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 162: The Characteristics of Faith ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 586: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1889: Conversion and Society ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 10: Because our service is of no profit to our master; and he justly claims it as our bounden duty. But though we are unprofitable to him, our serving him is not unprofitable to us; for he is pleased to give by his grace a value to our good works, which, in consequence of his promise, entitles them to an eternal reward.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Tue, Nov 10, 2026: St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church — Gospel, Luke 17:7-10
- Wed, Nov 11, 2026: St. Martin of Tours, Bishop — Gospel, Luke 17:11-19
- Thu, Nov 12, 2026: St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr — Gospel, Luke 17:20-25
- Fri, Nov 13, 2026: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin — Gospel, Luke 17:26-37

11 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).