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title="Gospel">Gospel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Luke 17</b> is the seventeenth chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>. It records "some sayings of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the healing of <a href="/wiki/Cleansing_ten_lepers" title="Cleansing ten lepers">ten lepers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Halley1965_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halley1965-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book containing this chapter is <a href="/wiki/Anonymity" title="Anonymity">anonymous</a>, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that <a href="/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist" title="Luke the Evangelist">Luke the Evangelist</a> composed this <a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts of the Apostles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ClendenenHoward2015_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClendenenHoward2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original text was written in <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>. Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">Papyrus 75</a> (175–225)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_111" title="Papyrus 111">Papyrus 111</a> (3rd-century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (325–350)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (330–360)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Bezae" title="Codex Bezae">Codex Bezae</a> (~400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Washingtonianus" title="Codex Washingtonianus">Codex Washingtonianus</a> (~400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Codex Alexandrinus</a> (400–440)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">This chapter is divided into</a> 37 verses. The <a href="/wiki/New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">New King James Version</a> divides it into four sections, headed respectively "Jesus Warns of Offences" (verses 1–4), "Faith and Duty" (verses 5–10), "Ten Lepers Cleansed" (verses 11–19) and "The Coming of the Kingdom" (verses 20–37).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Offences_and_forgiving_of_offences_(17:1–10)"><span id="Offences_and_forgiving_of_offences_.2817:1.E2.80.9310.29"></span>Offences and forgiving of offences (17:1–10)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Offences and forgiving of offences (17:1–10)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Verses 1–10 are presented as a single unit in the <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">New International Version</a>. Commenting on the variety of topics covered in the first ten verses, <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheran</a> biblical writer Harold Buls states that he "assumes that there is logical sequence. The items are not merely picked or chosen by Luke from some outside source".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_1">Verse 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Verse 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Then He [Jesus] said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come!"</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Jesus warns of "offences" coming, literally "<a href="/wiki/Stumbling_block" title="Stumbling block">stumbling blocks</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">τὰ σκάνδαλα</span>, <i>skandala</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other translations used are "obstacles" (<a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Bible" title="Jerusalem Bible">Jerusalem Bible</a>), "things that cause people to sin" (Buls) and "temptations to sin" (<a href="/wiki/English_Standard_Version" title="English Standard Version">English Standard Version</a>). Reflecting on Jesus' assertion that something might be "impossible", <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Pietism" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran Pietism">Lutheran Pietist</a> <a href="/wiki/Johann_Albrecht_Bengel" title="Johann Albrecht Bengel">Johann Bengel</a> offers as alternative readings, "it is not a thing usual to happen" or "a thing not admissible in the common course of things", noting similarly that at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Luke%2013:33&version=nrsv">Luke 13:33</a> Jesus had said that "it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_2">Verse 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Verse 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i> It would be better for him if a <a href="/wiki/Millstone" title="Millstone">millstone</a> were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.</i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>The "little ones" are the more vulnerable members of the community of disciples.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term appears more frequently in <a href="/wiki/Matthew%27s_gospel" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew's gospel">Matthew's gospel</a> than in Luke's.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verses_3b–4"><span id="Verses_3b.E2.80.934"></span>Verses 3b–4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Verses 3b–4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, 'I repent', you shall forgive him.</i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Bible" title="Jerusalem Bible">Jerusalem Bible</a> suggests that "Luke, apparently, is thinking of a matter that concerns only two of the community". <a href="/wiki/Matthew_18#Reconciling_brethren_(18:15–35)" title="Matthew 18">Matthew 18</a> refers to a process of appealing to the community, which is missing from Luke's writing on this subject.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_5">Verse 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Verse 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith".</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Having previously addressed "the disciples" (<a href="/wiki/Luke_16" title="Luke 16">Luke 16</a>:1 and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17:1&version=nkjv">17:1</a>), Jesus speaks now to the <a href="/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament" title="Apostles in the New Testament">apostles</a>, who come to him "with a special request". They feel that the moral strength of their faith in Jesus, i.e. just the loving power of their faith, is not great enough for that great task of <a href="/wiki/Forgiveness" title="Forgiveness">forgiveness</a>" which has just set for them in the previous verse:<sup id="cite_ref-meyer_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meyer-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their request is for "stronger energetic faith", better in <i>quality</i> rather than <a href="/wiki/Quantity" title="Quantity">quantitatively</a> more.<sup id="cite_ref-meyer_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meyer-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verses_7–10"><span id="Verses_7.E2.80.9310"></span>Verses 7–10</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Verses 7–10"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jesus describes a master who expects <a href="/wiki/Servant" class="mw-redirect" title="Servant">servants</a> who have worked all day in the fields to serve his evening meal as well before seeing to their own needs. <a href="/wiki/Joachim_Jeremias" title="Joachim Jeremias">Joachim Jeremias</a> considered this parable on service to be "a self-contained unit", while Paul Minear has commented on the "remarkable" degree of consensus among many biblical commentators as to its meaning. It does not appear in the other gospels but it is considered pre-Lucan, although the positioning of this passage after the reference to "the apostles" in verse 5 may have been a deliberate editorial decision in Luke.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cleansing_ten_lepers_(17:11–19)"><span id="Cleansing_ten_lepers_.2817:11.E2.80.9319.29"></span>Cleansing ten lepers (17:11–19)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cleansing ten lepers (17:11–19)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cleansing_ten_lepers" title="Cleansing ten lepers">Cleansing ten lepers</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Healing_of_Ten_Lepers_(Gu%C3%A9rison_de_dix_l%C3%A9preux)_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Healing_of_Ten_Lepers_%28Gu%C3%A9rison_de_dix_l%C3%A9preux%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg/330px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Healing_of_Ten_Lepers_%28Gu%C3%A9rison_de_dix_l%C3%A9preux%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Healing_of_Ten_Lepers_%28Gu%C3%A9rison_de_dix_l%C3%A9preux%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg/500px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Healing_of_Ten_Lepers_%28Gu%C3%A9rison_de_dix_l%C3%A9preux%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Healing_of_Ten_Lepers_%28Gu%C3%A9rison_de_dix_l%C3%A9preux%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg/960px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Healing_of_Ten_Lepers_%28Gu%C3%A9rison_de_dix_l%C3%A9preux%29_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="973" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/James_Tissot" title="James Tissot">James Tissot</a>, <i>The Healing of Ten Lepers</i> (<i>Guérison de dix lépreux</i>), <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Museum" title="Brooklyn Museum">Brooklyn Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>This is one of the <a href="/wiki/Miracles_of_Jesus_in_the_Gospels" class="mw-redirect" title="Miracles of Jesus in the Gospels">miracles of Jesus in the Gospels</a> (recorded only in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Evans2003_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Evans2003-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On his way to Jerusalem, continuing the journey he had begun in <a href="/wiki/Luke_9:51" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke 9:51">Luke 9:51</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> traveled along the border between <a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a>. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!" When he saw them, he said: "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him: this man was a <a href="/wiki/Samaritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Samaritan">Samaritan</a>. Jesus asked: "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Then he said to him: "Rise and go; your faith has saved you." </p><p>This miracle has been described as emphasising the importance of faith, for Jesus did not say: "My power has saved you" but attributed the healing to the faith of the beneficiaries.<sup id="cite_ref-Marthaler1993_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marthaler1993-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lockyer1988_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockyer1988-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_coming_of_the_kingdom_(17:20–21)"><span id="The_coming_of_the_kingdom_.2817:20.E2.80.9321.29"></span>The coming of the kingdom (17:20–21)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The coming of the kingdom (17:20–21)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_20">Verse 20</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Verse 20"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Now when He was asked by the <a href="/wiki/Pharisee" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharisee">Pharisees</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of God">kingdom of God</a> would come, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation";</i><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_21">Verse 21</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Verse 21"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/George_Leo_Haydock" title="George Leo Haydock">George Leo Haydock</a> suggests that the Pharisees' question is asked "in a mocking and an insulting manner".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buls notes that the enquiry is a 'when?' question whereas Jesus' answer is a 'what?' response: the Pharisees "were expecting the Kingdom of God ... to come soon"; this is "a faulty notion about the character of the Kingdom". Jesus replies that the Kingdom of God does not come "with <a href="/wiki/Observation" title="Observation">observation</a>" or "with a visible display":<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the word <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">παρατηρήσεως</span> (<i>paratērēseōs</i>, careful observation) appears <a href="/wiki/Hapax_legomenon" title="Hapax legomenon">only here</a> in the New Testament.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Gill elaborates on how the kingdom of God might be "within" you:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>In the elect of God among the Jews, in their hearts; it being of a spiritual nature, and lying in righteousness, and peace, and joy in the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Ghost" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Ghost">Holy Ghost</a>; in the dispossession of Satan, the strong man armed; in the putting down of the old man, sin, with its deceitful lusts, from the throne; and in setting up a principle of grace, as a governing one<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> whereas the editors of the Jerusalem Bible suggest that "among you" is preferable to "within you" because "within you" does not "furnish as <a href="/wiki/Direct_answer" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct answer">direct an answer</a> to the Pharisees' question".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_day_of_the_Son_of_Man_(17:22–37)"><span id="The_day_of_the_Son_of_Man_.2817:22.E2.80.9337.29"></span>The day of the Son of Man (17:22–37)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The day of the Son of Man (17:22–37)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The discourse in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17:22–37&version=nkjv">Luke 17:22–37</a> is proper to this gospel. Luke handles the "end of time" in a different manner from <a href="/wiki/Matthew%27s_gospel" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew's gospel">Matthew</a>, whose "<a href="/wiki/Five_Discourses_of_Matthew#The_fifth_discourse" title="Five Discourses of Matthew">discourse on the end times</a>" makes use of similar material. Luke makes a clear distinction between Jesus' prophecy of the <a href="/wiki/Destruction_of_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Destruction of Jerusalem">destruction of Jerusalem</a> (see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+21:6–24&version=nkjv">Luke 21:6–24</a>) and his own coming in <a href="/wiki/Glory_(religion)" title="Glory (religion)">glory</a> at the end of time.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leper" class="mw-redirect" title="Leper">Leper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lot_(biblical_person)" title="Lot (biblical person)">Lot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jesus" title="Ministry of Jesus">Ministry of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracles_of_Jesus" title="Miracles of Jesus">Miracles of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Samaritan">Samaritan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kingdom_of_God_is_Within_You" class="mw-redirect" title="The Kingdom of God is Within You">The Kingdom of God is Within You</a></i></li> <li>Other related <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> parts: <a href="/wiki/Genesis_6" class="mw-redirect" title="Genesis 6">Genesis 6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Genesis_7" class="mw-redirect" title="Genesis 7">Genesis 7</a>, <a href="/wiki/Genesis_19" class="mw-redirect" title="Genesis 19">Genesis 19</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leviticus_14" class="mw-redirect" title="Leviticus 14">Leviticus 14</a>, <a href="/wiki/2_Kings_5" title="2 Kings 5">2 Kings 5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_24" title="Matthew 24">Matthew 24</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Grand Rapids: Zondervan. p. 516.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Halley%27s+Bible+handbook%3A+an+Abbreviated+Bible+commentary&rft.place=Grand+Rapids&rft.pages=516&rft.edition=24th&rft.pub=Zondervan&rft.date=1965&rft.aulast=Halley&rft.aufirst=Henry+Hampton&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhalleysbiblehand00henr%2Fpage%2F516%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuke+17" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ClendenenHoward2015-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ClendenenHoward2015_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFE._Ray_ClendenenJeremy_Royal_Howard2015" class="citation book cs1">E. Ray Clendenen; Jeremy Royal Howard, eds. 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B&H Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8054-9930-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8054-9930-8"><bdi>978-0-8054-9930-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Holman+Illustrated+Bible+Commentary&rft.pub=B%26H+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-0-8054-9930-8&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDqzrCQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA1083&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuke+17" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17&version=nkjv">Luke 17</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Buls, H. H., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pericope.org/buls-notes/luke/luke_17_1_10.htm">Luke 17:1–10</a>, accessed 21 January 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17:1&version=nkjv">Luke 17:1</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17:1&version=tr1550">Luke 17:1</a>: <a href="/wiki/Textus_Receptus" title="Textus Receptus">Textus Receptus</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Luke%2013:33&version=nrsv">Luke 13:33</a>: <a href="/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version" title="New Revised Standard Version">New Revised Standard Version</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bengel, J. A., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/bengel/luke/17.htm">Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament</a> on Luke 17, accessed 5 August 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17:2&version=nkjv">Luke 17:2</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Franklin, E., <i>58. Luke</i> in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://b-ok.org/dl/946961/8f5f43">The Oxford Bible Commentary</a>, p. 949</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/BibleGateway.com" class="mw-redirect" title="BibleGateway.com">BibleGateway.com</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?qs_version=NKJV&quicksearch=little+ones&begin=47&end=47">Keyword Search: "little ones"</a>, accessed 22 January 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17:3–4&version=nkjv">Luke 17:3–4</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote a at Luke 17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17:5&version=nkjv">Luke 17:5</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-meyer-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-meyer_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-meyer_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_August_Wilhelm_Meyer" title="Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer">Meyer, H. A. W.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/meyer/luke/17.htm">Meyer's NT Commentary</a> on Luke 17, translated from the German sixth edition, accessed 29 June 2018</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Minear, P., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3263867.pdf">A Note on Luke 17:7-10</a>, <i>Journal of Biblical Literature</i>, March 1974, Vol. 93, No. 1, pp. 82–87, accessed 4 October 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Evans2003-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Evans2003_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFEvans2003" class="citation book cs1">Evans, Craig A. (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iZC-tdB35bAC&pg=PA365"><i>The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: Matthew-Luke</i></a>. 365. David C Cook. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7814-3868-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7814-3868-1"><bdi>978-0-7814-3868-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Bible+Knowledge+Background+Commentary%3A+Matthew-Luke&rft.series=365&rft.pub=David+C+Cook&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-7814-3868-1&rft.aulast=Evans&rft.aufirst=Craig+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DiZC-tdB35bAC%26pg%3DPA365&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuke+17" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:Luke%2017:11–19">Luke 17:11–19</a>: <a href="/wiki/NIV" class="mw-redirect" title="NIV">NIV</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Marthaler1993-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Marthaler1993_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMarthaler1993" class="citation book cs1">Marthaler, Berard L. (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TY3-aZIo9HEC&pg=PA220"><i>The Creed: The Apostolic Faith in Contemporary Theology</i></a>. 220. Twenty-Third Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89622-537-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89622-537-4"><bdi>978-0-89622-537-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Creed%3A+The+Apostolic+Faith+in+Contemporary+Theology&rft.series=220&rft.pub=Twenty-Third+Publications&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-0-89622-537-4&rft.aulast=Marthaler&rft.aufirst=Berard+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTY3-aZIo9HEC%26pg%3DPA220&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuke+17" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lockyer1988-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lockyer1988_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLockyer1988" class="citation book cs1">Lockyer, Herbert (1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wZwTh2-WIb0C&pg=PA235"><i>All the Miracles of the Bible</i></a>. Harper Collins. p. 235. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-310-28101-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-310-28101-6"><bdi>978-0-310-28101-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=All+the+Miracles+of+the+Bible&rft.pages=235&rft.pub=Harper+Collins&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-310-28101-6&rft.aulast=Lockyer&rft.aufirst=Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DwZwTh2-WIb0C%26pg%3DPA235&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALuke+17" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17:20&version=nkjv">Luke 17:20</a> NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#17:21" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 17:21</a>: <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haydock, G. L. (1859), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/hcc/luke-17.html">Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary</a> on Lke 17, accessed 5 October 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+17:20&version=isv">Luke 17:20</a>: ISV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Englishman's Concordance, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/parate_re_seo_s_3907.htm">παρατηρήσεως</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gill, J. (1746-63), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/gill/luke/17.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a> on Luke 17, accessed 5 October 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote d at Luke 17:21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote <i>e</i> at Luke 17:22</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_17&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#17:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 17</a> King James Bible – Wikisource</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=1&b=3&c=17">English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gospelhall.org/bible/bible.php?passage=Luke+17"><i>Online Bible</i> at GospelHall.org</a> (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, <a href="/wiki/Bible_in_Basic_English" title="Bible in Basic English">Bible in Basic English</a>)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&chapter=17">Multiple bible versions at <i>Bible Gateway</i></a> (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%; clear: both;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;">Preceded by<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Luke_16" 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title="Luke 21">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_22" title="Luke 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_23" title="Luke 23">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_24" title="Luke 24">24</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Verses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luke_22:43%E2%80%9344" title="Luke 22:43–44">Luke 22:43–44</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annunciation" title="Annunciation">Annunciation to Mary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Visitation_(Christianity)" title="Visitation (Christianity)">Elizabeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annunciation_to_the_shepherds" title="Annunciation to the shepherds">and the shepherds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds" title="Adoration of the Shepherds">Adoration of shepherds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Saint_John_the_Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Nativity of Saint John the Baptist">John the Baptist's Birth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_of_Quirinius" title="Census of Quirinius">Census of Quirinius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">Jesus' Birth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circumcision_of_Jesus" title="Circumcision of Jesus">Circumcision</a> and <a href="/wiki/Presentation_of_Jesus_at_the_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Presentation of Jesus at the Temple">Presentation at the Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finding_in_the_Temple" title="Finding in the Temple">Finding in the Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genealogy_of_Jesus" title="Genealogy of Jesus">Genealogy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_Jesus" title="Baptism of Jesus">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temptation_of_Christ" title="Temptation of Christ">Temptation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calling_of_Matthew" title="Calling of Matthew">Calling of Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counting_the_cost" title="Counting the cost">Counting the cost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Plain" title="Sermon on the Plain">Sermon on the Plain</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beatitudes" title="Beatitudes">Beatitudes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calming_the_storm" title="Calming the storm">Calming the storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feeding_the_multitude" title="Feeding the multitude">Feeding the 5000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transfiguration_of_Jesus" title="Transfiguration of Jesus">Transfiguration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Commandment" title="Great Commandment">Great Commandment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Prayer" title="Lord's Prayer">Lord's Prayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parable_of_the_Prodigal_Son" title="Parable of the Prodigal Son">Prodigal son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivet_Discourse" title="Olivet Discourse">Olivet Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Jesus" title="Passion of Jesus">Passion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilate%27s_court" title="Pilate's court">Pilate's court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empty_tomb" title="Empty tomb">Empty tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">Ascension</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phrases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abijah" title="Abijah">Abijah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_the_Prophetess" title="Anna the Prophetess">Anna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annas" title="Annas">Annas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha" title="Elisha">Elisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_(biblical_figure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth (biblical figure)">Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel" title="Gabriel">Gabriel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herod_Antipas" title="Herod Antipas">Herod Antipas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">Herod the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus Christ</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Luke%E2%80%93Acts" title="Luke–Acts">Luke–Acts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authorship_of_Luke%E2%80%93Acts" title="Authorship of Luke–Acts">Authorship of Luke–Acts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Synoptic_Gospels" title="Synoptic Gospels">Synoptic Gospels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Gospel of Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_source" title="Q source">Q source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_source" title="L source">L source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two-gospel_hypothesis" title="Two-gospel hypothesis">Two-gospel hypothesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_school_hypothesis" title="Jerusalem school hypothesis">Jerusalem school hypothesis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Gospel_of_Luke" title="Textual variants in the Gospel of Luke">Textual variants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Marcion" title="Gospel of Marcion">Gospel of Marcion</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jiizas:_di_Buk_We_Luuk_Rait_bout_Im" title="Jiizas: di Buk We Luuk Rait bout Im">Jiizas: di Buk We Luuk Rait bout Im</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_Luke_Passion,_BWV_246" title="St Luke Passion, BWV 246"><i>St Luke Passion</i>, BWV 246</a> (1730)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Luke_Passion_(Penderecki)" title="St Luke Passion (Penderecki)"><i>St Luke Passion</i></a> (Penderecki, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jesus_(1979_film)" title="Jesus (1979 film)">Jesus</a></i> (1979 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Witness:_Five_Plays_from_the_Gospel_of_Luke" title="Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke">Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke</a></i> (2007, radio)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Savior_(2014_film)" title="The Savior (2014 film)">The Savior</a></i> (2014 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manuscripts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_2" title="Papyrus 2">Papyrus 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_3" title="Papyrus 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_4" title="Papyrus 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_7" title="Papyrus 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_42" title="Papyrus 42">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_45" title="Papyrus 45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_69" title="Papyrus 69">69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_82" title="Papyrus 82">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_97" title="Papyrus 97">97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_111" title="Papyrus 111">111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Nitriensis" title="Codex Nitriensis">Codex Nitriensis</a></li> <li><a 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