And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Increase faith in us." The Lord said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, and said to this fig tree, 'Be plucked up, and be transplanted into the sea,' she would have obeyed you."

Which of you, having a servant ploughing or shepherding, when he returns from the field, will say to him, "Go quickly, sit down at table?" On the contrary, will he not say to him, "Prepare me supper, and gird yourself up, serve me while I eat and drink, and then eat and drink yourself?" Will he thank this servant for having carried out the command? I don't think so. In the same way, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, We are worthless servants, because we have done what we ought to have done.

138. The Healing of the Ten Lepers

Lux. 17, 11–19

Going to Jerusalem, the Lord passed between Samaria and Galilee. And as he was entering into a certain village, ten lepers met him, who stopped afar off, and said with a loud voice, Jesus, Teacher! have mercy on us. Seeing them, the Lord said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving thanks to him; and it was a Samaritan. Then the Lord Jesus said, "Have not ten been cleansed? Where are the nine? How did they not return to give glory to God, except for this foreigner? And he said to him, Arise, go; Your faith has saved you.

139. On the Coming of the Kingdom of God

Lux. 17, 20–37

And when the Pharisees asked when the Kingdom of God would come, the Lord answered them, "The Kingdom of God will not come in a visible way, and they will not say, 'Behold, it is here,' or, 'Behold, it is there.' For the Kingdom of God is within you.

And he said to his disciples, "The days will come when you will desire to see even one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see." And they will say to you, "Here," or, "There," do not walk and do not chase. For as the lightning flashing from one end of heaven shines to the other end of heaven, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

But first He must suffer much and be rejected by this generation.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man: they ate, drank, married, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Just as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, drank, bought, sold, planted, built; but on the day that Lot came out of Sodom, a rain of fire and brimstone poured down from heaven, and destroyed them all.

So it will be in the day that the Son of Man appears.

On that day, whoever is on the housetop, and his belongings in the house, let him not go down to take them; and whoever is in the field, do not turn back. Remember Lot's wife. Whoever saves his life will destroy it; but whoever destroys it will revive it.

I say to you, That night there will be two on the same bed; one will be taken, and the other will remain. Two will grind together; one will be taken, and the other will remain. Two will be on the field; one will be taken, and the other will remain.