David Guzik commentary on Luke 17, in which Jesus teaches the disciples about forgiveness, faith and duty, and cleanses ten lepers.

We are here taught, I. That the giving of offences is a great sin, and that which we should every one of us avoid and carefully watch against.

Luke 17 continues Jesus' teaching about how to live as citizens and ambassadors of the kingdom of God. Luke 15 describes God's love for the lost.

31 мая 2024 г. · Luke 17:1 He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come!

Luke 17 Pulpit Commentary. Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! Verses 1-37.

Study Luke 17 using Matthew Henry's Bible Commentary (concise) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning.

The general teaching of the parable is that Jesus' appearing and the beginning of the kingdom will be sudden and unexpected by most people who are alive then.

In this chapter, the Lord Jesus teaches all humans regarding, do not look with the physical eye but use the heart of a believer when you are seeing things.

The story of the grateful Samaritan offers us another image of who and what matters to Jesus and should, therefore, matter to us.

The teaching here is that physical death is a far more desirable fate than that which is reserved for those whose intent is to destroy the faith of others.