171 He said to His disciples , " It is inevitable e that stumbling blocks come , but woe to him through whom they come ! 2 " It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea , than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble . 3 "Be on your guard ! If your brother sins , rebuke him; and if he repents , forgive him. 4 "And if he sins against you seven times a day , and returns to you seven times , saying , 'I repent ,' forgive him."
5 The apostles said to the Lord , "Increase our faith !" 6 And the Lord said , "If you had faith like a mustard seed , you would say to this mulberry tree , 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea '; and it would obey you.
7 "Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep , will say to him when he has come in from the field , 'Come immediately and sit down to eat'? 8 "But will he not say to him, ' Prepare something for me to eat , and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink ; and afterward e you may eat and drink '? 9 "He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded , does he? 10 "So you too , when you do all the things which are commanded you, say , 'We are unworthy slaves ; we have done only that which we ought to have done .' "
11 While He was on the way to Jerusalem , He was passing between e Samaria and Galilee . 12 As He entered a village , ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him; 13 and they raised their voices , saying , "Jesus , Master , have mercy on us!" 14 When He saw them, He said to them, " Go and show yourselves to the priests ." And as they were going , they were cleansed . 15 Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed , turned back , glorifying God with a loud voice , 16 and he fell on his face at His feet , giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan . 17 Then Jesus answered and said , "Were there not ten cleansed ? But the nine -where are they? 18 "Was no one found who returned to give glory to God , except this foreigner ?" 19 And He said to him, "Stand up and go ; your faith has made you well ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 17:1-19
Commentary on Luke 17:1-10
(Read Luke 17:1-10)
It is no abatement of their guilt by whom an offence comes, nor will it lessen their punishment that offences will come. Faith in God's pardoning mercy, will enable us to get over the greatest difficulties in the way of forgiving our brethren. As with God nothing is impossible, so all things are possible to him that can believe. Our Lord showed his disciples their need of deep humility. The Lord has such a property in every creature, as no man can have in another; he cannot be in debt to them for their services, nor do they deserve any return from him.
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.