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While He was ^(C1)on the way to Jerusalem, ^(C2)He was passing ^(F1)between Samaria and Galilee.

And as He entered a village, ten men with leprosy who ^(C1)stood at a distance met Him;

and they raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, ^(C1)Master, have mercy on us!"

When He saw them, He said to them, "^(C1)Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they were going, they were cleansed.

Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, ^(C1)glorifying God with a loud voice,

and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a ^(C1)Samaritan.

But Jesus responded and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they?

"^(F1)Was no one found who returned to ^(C1)give glory to God, except this foreigner?"

And He said to him, "Stand up and go; ^(C1)your faith has ^(F1)made you well."

Now He was questioned by the Pharisees ^(C1)as to when the kingdom of God was coming, and He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God is not coming with ^(F1)(C2)signs that can be observed;

nor will ^(C1)they say, 'Look, here it is!' or, 'There it is!' For behold, the kingdom of God is ^(F1)in your midst."

And He said to the disciples, "^(C1)The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

"^(C1)And they will say to you, 'Look there,' or, 'Look here!' Do not leave, and do not run after them.

"^(C1)For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part ^(F1)of the sky, shines to the other part ^(F1)of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.

"^(C1)But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

"^(C1)And just as it happened ^(C2)in the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of Man:

people were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, and they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

"^(F1)It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, and they were building;

but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and ^(F1)brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

"It will be ^(F1)just the same on the day that the Son of Man ^(C1)is revealed.

"On that day, the one who will be ^(C1)on the ^(F1)housetop, ^(F2)with his goods in the house, must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one in the field must not turn back.

"^(C1)Remember Lot's wife.

"^(C1)Whoever strives to ^(F1)save his ^(F2)life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will keep it.

"I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.

"^(C1)There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left.

["^(F1)(C1)Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left."]

And responding, they ^(*)said to Him, "Where, Lord?" And He said to them, "^(C1)Where the body is, there also the ^(F1)vultures will be gathered."

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ^(C1)ought to pray and not ^(C2)become discouraged,

saying, "In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not ^(C1)respect any person.

"Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me justice against my ^(F1)opponent.'

"For a while he was unwilling; but later he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God nor ^(C1)respect any person,

yet ^(C1)because this widow is bothering me, I will give her justice; otherwise ^(F1)by continually coming she will ^(C2)wear me out.'"

And ^(C1)the Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge ^(*)said;

now, will God not ^(C1)bring about justice for His ^(C2)elect who cry out to Him day ^(F1)and night, and will He ^(C3)delay long for them?

"I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, ^(C1)will He find ^(F1)faith on the earth?"

Now He also told this parable to some people who ^(C1)trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and ^(C2)viewed others with contempt:

"Two men ^(C1)went up into the ^(F1)temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

"The Pharisee ^(C1)stood and began praying this in regard to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, crooked, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

'I ^(C1)fast twice a week; I ^(C2)pay tithes of all that I get.'

"But the tax collector, ^(C1)standing some distance away, ^(C2)was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but ^(C3)was beating his chest, saying, 'God, be ^(F1)merciful to me, the sinner!'

"I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other one; ^(C1)for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."