Luke 17:17
17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
Other Translations of Luke 17:17
New International Version
17 Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
English Standard Version
17 Then Jesus answered, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
The Message
17 Jesus said, "Were not ten healed? Where are the nine?
New King James Version
17 So Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
New Living Translation
17 Jesus asked, "Didn't I heal ten men? Where are the other nine?
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 17:17
Commentary on Luke 17:11-19
(Read Luke 17:11-19)
A sense of our spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to Christ. It is enough to refer ourselves to the compassions of Christ, for they fail not. We may look for God to meet us with mercy, when we are found in the way of obedience. Only one of those who were healed returned to give thanks. It becomes us, like him, to be very humble in thanksgivings, as well as in prayers. Christ noticed the one who thus distinguished himself, he was a Samaritan. The others only got the outward cure, he alone got the spiritual blessing.