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Where are the other nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/luke/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/luke/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/17.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And Jesus, having answered, said, "Were not the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where <i>are</i> the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where <i>are</i> the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Jesus responded and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where <i>are they?</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Jesus answered and said, &#8220Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine— where are they?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten [of you] cleansed? Where are the [other] nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jesus said, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jesus said, &#8220Were not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jesus asked, "Weren't ten men healed? Where are the other nine? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Jesus asked, "Weren't ten men made clean? Where are the other nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jesus spoke up, "There were ten who were healed; where are the other nine? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Jesus asked, "Ten men were made clean, weren't they? Where are the other nine? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Were not all ten cleansed?? Jesus asked. ?Where then are the other nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/17.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jesus answering said, “Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine—where?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/17.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And Jesus, having answered, said, "Were not the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jesus answering said, 'Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine -- where?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jesus having answered said, Were not ten cleansed? and where the nine?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Jesus answering, said, Were not ten made clean? and where are the nine? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And in response, Jesus said: “Were not ten made clean? And so where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Jesus said in reply, “Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten who were cleansed? where are the nine?<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 />But Yeshua answered and he said, “Were there not ten who were purified? Where are the nine?”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/17.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And Jesus answered and said: Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/17.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And Jesus responding said, <FR>Were not the ten cleansed?<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/17.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Then Jesus spake and said, were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/17.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and Jesus said to him, were not all the ten healed? where then are the other nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/17.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/17.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And Jesus, answering, said, <FR>"Were not the ten cleansed? Where are the nine?<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/17.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And Jesus answered and said, <FR>Were not <Fr><i>all</i><FR> the ten cleansed? and where <Fr><i>are</i><FR> the <Fr><i>other</i><FR> nine?<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/17-17.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=6880" 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 Ten Lepers</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3780.htm" title="3780: Ouchi (Adv) -- By no means, not at all. Intensive of ou; not indeed.">“Were not</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">all</a> <a href="/greek/1176.htm" title="1176: deka (Adj-NMP) -- Ten. A primary number; ten.">ten</a> <a href="/greek/2511.htm" title="2511: ekatharisthēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse.">cleansed?” </a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: Apokritheis (V-APP-NMS) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.">asked.</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say."></a> <a href="/greek/4226.htm" title="4226: pou (Adv) -- Genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos otherwise obsolete; as adverb of place; at what locality.">“Where then are</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the other</a> <a href="/greek/1767.htm" title="1767: ennea (Adj-NMP) -- Nine. A primary number; nine.">nine?</a> </span> <span class="reftext">18</span>Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”…<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="/luke/7-9.htm">Luke 7:9</a></span><br />When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-10.htm">Matthew 8:10</a></span><br />When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28</a></span><br />“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/6-6.htm">Mark 6:6</a></span><br />And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-48.htm">John 4:48</a></span><br />Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-30.htm">John 9:30-33</a></span><br />“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes. / We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will. / Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-3.htm">Romans 3:3</a></span><br />What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-20.htm">Romans 11:20</a></span><br />That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12</a></span><br />See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a></span><br />And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-15.htm">2 Kings 5:15-16</a></span><br />Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.” / But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-17.htm">2 Kings 5:17-19</a></span><br />“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD. / Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.” / “Go in peace,” said Elisha. But after Naaman had traveled a short distance,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2-3</a></span><br />Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. / The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-1.htm">Isaiah 65:1-2</a></span><br />“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ / All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Jeremiah 8:5-7</a></span><br />Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return. / I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle. / Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?</p><p class="hdg">but.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-9.htm">Genesis 3:9</a></b></br> And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where <i>art</i> thou?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-13.htm">Psalm 106:13</a></b></br> They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/8-7.htm">John 8:7-10</a></b></br> So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/17-15.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/luke/17-14.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/luke/17-16.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/luke/15-7.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/luke/17-12.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/mark/9-18.htm">Weren't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/9-7.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/john/15-3.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/luke/17-20.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/acts/2-15.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/luke/19-13.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/luke/20-26.htm">Weren't</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>Were not all ten cleansed?</b><br>In this passage, Jesus refers to the healing of ten lepers, a significant miracle demonstrating His divine power and compassion. Leprosy, a term used for various skin diseases, rendered individuals ceremonially unclean according to Levitical law (Leviticus 13-14). The healing of lepers was a sign of the Messiah's arrival, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5-6</a>. Jesus' question underscores the completeness of His miracle, as all ten were physically healed. This reflects God's grace, which is extended to all, regardless of their response.<p><b>Jesus asked.</b><br>The act of Jesus asking a question is a common teaching method used throughout the Gospels. It invites reflection and self-examination. Here, Jesus' question serves to highlight the ingratitude of the nine lepers who did not return to give thanks. It also emphasizes the importance of recognizing and responding to God's work in one's life. This method of questioning is reminiscent of God's interactions with humanity throughout Scripture, such as when God questioned Adam and Eve in <a href="/genesis/3-9.htm">Genesis 3:9</a>.<p><b>Where then are the other nine?</b><br>This question points to the lack of gratitude and acknowledgment from the nine lepers who were healed. In Jewish culture, gratitude was an expected response to acts of kindness, especially divine intervention. The absence of the nine highlights a spiritual lesson about the importance of thankfulness and the recognition of God's blessings. This moment also foreshadows the broader rejection of Jesus by many of His own people, as seen in <a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a>, where it states, "He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him." The one who returned, a Samaritan, represents the unexpected recipients of God's grace, aligning with the theme of the Gospel reaching beyond the Jewish people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Jesus is the one who performs the miracle of healing the ten lepers. His question highlights the importance of gratitude and recognition of God's work.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ten_lepers.htm">The Ten Lepers</a></b><br>A group of men suffering from leprosy who call out to Jesus for mercy. They represent those in need of physical and spiritual healing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_samaritan_leper.htm">The Samaritan Leper</a></b><br>The one leper who returns to thank Jesus, highlighting the theme of gratitude and the breaking of social barriers, as Samaritans were often despised by Jews.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_journey_to_jerusalem.htm">The Journey to Jerusalem</a></b><br>This event occurs as Jesus is traveling to Jerusalem, a journey that signifies His mission and the approaching fulfillment of His earthly ministry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_border_of_samaria_and_galilee.htm">The Border of Samaria and Galilee</a></b><br>The setting of this event, emphasizing the crossing of cultural and religious boundaries in Jesus' ministry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_is_essential.htm">Gratitude is Essential</a></b><br>The Samaritan leper's return to thank Jesus underscores the importance of expressing gratitude for God's blessings and interventions in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_healing.htm">Faith and Healing</a></b><br>The healing of the lepers demonstrates the power of faith in Jesus. It is a reminder that faith is not just about receiving physical healing but also about spiritual restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/breaking_social_barriers.htm">Breaking Social Barriers</a></b><br>Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan leper shows that God's grace extends beyond cultural and social boundaries, calling us to love and accept all people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_god's_work.htm">Recognizing God's Work</a></b><br>The nine lepers who did not return serve as a cautionary example of failing to recognize and acknowledge God's work in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_return.htm">The Call to Return</a></b><br>Just as the Samaritan returned to Jesus, we are called to continually return to God in worship and thanksgiving, acknowledging His role in our lives.<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_one_leper_thank_jesus.htm">Why did only one healed leper return to thank Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_ingratitude.htm">What does the Bible say about being ungrateful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_ten_lepers'_healing.htm">What historical or medical evidence supports the ten lepers' instantaneous healing (Luke 17:11-19)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'always_be_ready'_mean.htm">What does the Bible say about entitlement culture?</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>(17) <span class= "bld">Were there not ten cleansed?</span>--There is, it is clear, a tone of mingled surprise, and grief, and indignation, in the question thus asked. Looking to the facts of the case, an ethical question of some difficulty presents itself. If the nine had had faith to be healed--and the fact that they were healed implies it--how was it that faith did not show itself further in gratitude and love? The answer is to be found in the analogous phenomena of the spiritual life which are found at times in cases that are as the cleansing of the soul's leprosy. Men have the faith which justifies; they are pardoned, and they have the sense of freedom from the burden and the disease of sin, and yet their lives show no glow of loving gratitude. They shrink from fellowship with those who, having been sharers in the same blessing with themselves, are separated from them by outward lines of demarcation. We may, perhaps, think, without being over-bold, of the twelve disciples of the Baptist, who continued in their separatist life at Ephesus, without knowing the warmth and love and joy of the indwelling of the Spirit, as presenting such analogous phenomena. (See Notes on <a href="/context/acts/19-1.htm" title="And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,">Acts 19:1-7</a>.) The history of most churches or smaller religious societies, perhaps also that of most individual men, presents many more.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Where are the nine?</span> It has been suggested that the priests, in their hostility to Jesus, hindered the return of the nine. The one who was a Samaritan would naturally pay little heed to a remonstrance from such a quarter. From the terms of the narrative it is, however, more likely that the strange Samaritan, as soon as he felt he was really cured, moved by intense, adoring gratitude, at once turned back to offer his humble, heartfelt thanks to his Deliverer. The others, now they had got what they so earnestly required, forgot to be grateful, and hurried off to the priests to procure their certificate of health, that they might plunge at once again into the varied distractions of everyday life - into business, pleasure, and the like. The Master appears especially moved by this display. He seems to see in the thanklessness of the nine, contrasted with the conduct of the one, the ingratitude of men as a whole, "as a prophetic type of what will also ever take place" (Stier). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/17-17.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">“{Were} not</span><br /><span class="grk">Οὐχὶ</span> <span class="translit">(Ouchi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3780.htm">Strong's 3780: </a> </span><span class="str2">By no means, not at all. Intensive of ou; not indeed.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[all]</span><br /><span class="grk">οἱ</span> <span class="translit">(hoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ten</span><br /><span class="grk">δέκα</span> <span class="translit">(deka)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1176.htm">Strong's 1176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ten. A primary number; ten.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cleansed?”</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκαθαρίσθησαν</span> <span class="translit">(ekatharisthēsan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2511.htm">Strong's 2511: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jesus</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰησοῦς</span> <span class="translit">(Iēsous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">asked.</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἀποκριθεὶς</span> <span class="translit">(Apokritheis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Where then are</span><br /><span class="grk">ποῦ</span> <span class="translit">(pou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4226.htm">Strong's 4226: </a> </span><span class="str2">Genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos otherwise obsolete; as adverb of place; at what locality.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the [other]</span><br /><span class="grk">οἱ</span> <span class="translit">(hoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nine?</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐννέα</span> <span class="translit">(ennea)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1767.htm">Strong's 1767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nine. 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