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chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/luke/17.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Remember Lot&#8217s wife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/luke/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Remember what happened to Lot’s wife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/luke/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Remember Lot’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot’s wife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/17.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Remember Lot’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Remember Lot&#8217s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Remember Lot’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Remember Lot’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Remember [what happened to] Lot’s wife [when she looked back]!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot’s wife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot&#8217s wife! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Remember what happened to Lot's wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot?s wife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/17.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot’s wife! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />remember the wife of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/17.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> remember the wife of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Remember Lot’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Remember the wife of Lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Remember Lot’s wife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Just remember Lot’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/17.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“Remember Lot's wife.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/17.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/17.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>Remember Lot's wife.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/17.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Remember Lot?s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/17.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />remember Lot's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/17.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Remember Lot's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/17.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>Remember Lot's wife.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/17.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it;<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/17-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=7009" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/17.htm">The Coming of the Kingdom</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3421.htm" title="3421: mnēmoneuete (V-PMA-2P) -- From a derivative of mneme; to exercise memory, i.e. Recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse.">Remember</a> <a href="/greek/3091.htm" title="3091: Lōt (N-GMS) -- (Hebrew), Lot, nephew of Abraham. Of Hebrew origin; Lot, a patriarch.">Lot’s</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135: gynaikos (N-GFS) -- A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.">wife!</a> </span> <span class="reftext">33</span>Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/19-26.htm">Genesis 19:26</a></span><br />But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-17.htm">Matthew 24:17-18</a></span><br />Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-15.htm">Mark 13:15-16</a></span><br />Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-38.htm">Hebrews 10:38-39</a></span><br />But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.” / But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-13.htm">Philippians 3:13-14</a></span><br />Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, / I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-15.htm">1 John 2:15-17</a></span><br />Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a></span><br />Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-1.htm">Colossians 3:1-2</a></span><br />Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. / Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-6.htm">2 Peter 2:6-9</a></span><br />if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; / and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless / (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">1 Corinthians 10:11-12</a></span><br />Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. / So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-15.htm">Hebrews 11:15-16</a></span><br />If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. / Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a></span><br />Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-18.htm">Isaiah 43:18-19</a></span><br />“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. / Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-25.htm">Proverbs 4:25-27</a></span><br />Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead. / Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. / Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Remember Lot's wife.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/19-17.htm">Genesis 19:17,26</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/10-6.htm">1 Corinthians 10:6-12</a></b></br> Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/10-38.htm">Hebrews 10:38,39</a></b></br> Now the just shall live by faith: but if <i>any man</i> draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/19-36.htm">Lot's</a> <a href="/luke/16-25.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/luke/16-25.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/luke/16-18.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/19-26.htm">Lot's</a> <a href="/luke/21-14.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/luke/23-42.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/luke/18-20.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/17-1.htm">Jesus teaches to avoid occasions of offense;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/17-3.htm">and to forgive one another.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/17-5.htm">The power of faith.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/17-6.htm">How we are bound to God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/17-11.htm">Jesus heals ten lepers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/17-22.htm">Of the kingdom of God, and the coming of the Son of Man.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Remember</b><br>The call to "remember" serves as a warning and an exhortation to recall past events with the intent of learning from them. In biblical terms, remembering often involves a conscious effort to bring to mind the lessons and consequences of past actions. This is a common theme throughout Scripture, where God frequently instructs His people to remember His works and the consequences of disobedience (e.g., <a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2</a>, <a href="/psalms/105-5.htm">Psalm 105:5</a>).<p><b>Lot’s wife</b><br>Lot's wife is a reference to the story found in <a href="/genesis/19-15.htm">Genesis 19:15-26</a>. She is known for her disobedience when she looked back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, despite being warned not to. Her action resulted in her becoming a pillar of salt. This serves as a powerful symbol of the dangers of longing for a sinful past and the consequences of disobedience to God's commands. The geographical area around the Dead Sea, where Sodom and Gomorrah were located, is rich in salt deposits, which adds a historical and archaeological context to the narrative. Lot's wife's fate is a stark reminder of the importance of obedience and the peril of looking back when God calls us to move forward. This story is also a type of judgment and serves as a warning for those who are tempted to turn back to their old ways after being called to a new life in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/l/lot's_wife.htm">Lot's Wife</a></b><br>A figure from the Old Testament, specifically from the account of Sodom and Gomorrah in <a href="/bsb/genesis/19.htm">Genesis 19</a>. She is known for looking back at the city as it was being destroyed and turning into a pillar of salt.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sodom_and_gomorrah.htm">Sodom and Gomorrah</a></b><br>Ancient cities known for their wickedness and subsequent destruction by God as a judgment for their sins. This event is a backdrop for the warning given in <a href="/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32</a>.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus'_teaching.htm">Jesus' Teaching</a></b><br>In <a href="/bsb/luke/17.htm">Luke 17</a>, Jesus is teaching about the coming of the Kingdom of God and the need for readiness and vigilance, using Lot's wife as a cautionary example.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_looking_back.htm">The Danger of Looking Back</a></b><br>Lot's wife serves as a warning against longing for the past or being attached to worldly things. Her backward glance symbolizes a divided heart and lack of full commitment to God's deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/urgency_of_obedience.htm">Urgency of Obedience</a></b><br>Jesus uses this example to emphasize the importance of immediate and complete obedience to God's commands. Delayed or partial obedience can have dire consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/focus_on_the_kingdom.htm">Focus on the Kingdom</a></b><br>Believers are called to focus on the Kingdom of God and not be distracted by earthly concerns. This requires a forward-looking faith that trusts in God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_disobedience.htm">The Cost of Disobedience</a></b><br>Lot's wife's fate illustrates the severe consequences of disobedience and unbelief. It serves as a reminder that God's instructions are for our protection and benefit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_readiness.htm">Living in Readiness</a></b><br>Just as Lot's family had to be ready to leave Sodom at a moment's notice, Christians are called to live in readiness for Christ's return, maintaining a posture of watchfulness and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_lot's_wife_become_salt.htm">Why did Lot's wife turn into a pillar of salt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_caused_lot's_wife_to_look_back.htm">What caused Lot's wife to look back?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_lot's_wife_turn_to_salt.htm">Why would Lot’s wife instantly become a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26), and is there any scientific basis for this event? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_lot_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Lot in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">Remember Lot's wife.</span>--The reference to this, as to the history of Lot generally, is peculiar to St. Luke, and speaks strongly for the independence of his Gospel. The account of Lot's wife had, however, already been used, or was used shortly afterwards (the date of the Wisdom of Solomon being an unsettled problem), to point a like moral, and the "standing pillar of salt" had become "a monument of an unbelieving soul" (<a href="//apocrypha.org/wisdom_of_solomon/10-7.htm" title="Of whose wickedness even to this day the waste land that smoketh is a testimony, and plants bearing fruit that never come to ripeness: and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbelieving soul.">Wisdom Of Solomon 10:7</a>). She had looked back, as the disciples were told not to look, and the glance had been fatal (<a href="/genesis/19-26.htm" title="But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.">Genesis 19:26</a>).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/17-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Remember</span><br /><span class="grk">μνημονεύετε</span> <span class="translit">(mnēmoneuete)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3421.htm">Strong's 3421: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a derivative of mneme; to exercise memory, i.e. Recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Lot’s</span><br /><span class="grk">Λώτ</span> <span class="translit">(Lōt)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> </span><span class="str2">(Hebrew), Lot, nephew of Abraham. Of Hebrew origin; Lot, a patriarch.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wife!</span><br /><span class="grk">γυναικὸς</span> <span class="translit">(gynaikos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1135.htm">Strong's 1135: </a> </span><span class="str2">A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/luke/17-32.htm">Luke 17:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/luke/17-32.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife! 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