7. “Suppose one of you has a servant who has been working in the field, plowing or caring for the sheep. When he comes in from work, what would you say to him? Would you say, ‘Come in, sit down and eat’?
8. Of course not! You would say to your servant, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Then get ready and serve me. When I finish eating and drinking, then you can eat.’
9. The servant should not get any special thanks for doing his job. He is only doing what his master told him to do.
10. It is the same with you. When you finish doing all that you are told to do, you should say, ‘We are not worthy of any special thanks. We have only done the work we should do.’”
11. Jesus was traveling to Jerusalem. He went from Galilee to Samaria.
12. He came into a small town, and ten men met him there. They did not come close to him, because they all had leprosy.
13. But the men shouted, “Jesus! Master! Please help us!”
14. When Jesus saw the men, he said, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” While the ten men were going to the priests, they were healed.
15. When one of them saw that he was healed, he went back to Jesus. He praised God loudly.
16. He bowed down at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. (He was a Samaritan.)
17. Jesus said, “Ten men were healed; where are the other nine?
18. This man is not even one of our people. Is he the only one who came back to give praise to God?”
19. Then Jesus said to the man, “Stand up! You can go. You were healed because you believed.”
20. Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will God’s kingdom come?” Jesus answered, “God’s kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you can see it.
21. People will not say, ‘Look, God’s kingdom is here!’ or ‘There it is!’ No, God’s kingdom is here with you.”
22. Then Jesus said to his followers, “The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not be able to.
23. People will say to you, ‘Look, there it is!’ or ‘Look, here it is!’ Stay where you are; don’t go away and search.
24. “When the Son of Man comes again, you will know it. On that day he will shine like lightning flashes across the sky.