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Home Luke 17:11-19 NRSVue

Luke 17:11-19 NRSVue

11On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12As he entered a village, ten men with a skin disease approached him. Keeping their distance, 13they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean. 15Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. 16He prostrated himself at Jesus’s feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. 17Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? So where are the other nine? 18Did none of them return to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19Then he said to him, “Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.”

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

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Some thoughts on this scripture

Reflection
Can I imagine this scene? Ten miserable individuals have to call on Jesus from a distance for fear of contaminating him.

Reflection
What is going on in them?

Reflection
What happens?

Reflection
I have done it myself, Lord. I go looking for something, advertising my need, seeking sympathy. And when somebody helps me, part of me is muttering He was only doing his job, or what you'd expect of a neighbour. I take kindness for granted, and do not bother to say Thank you. It was the stranger, the Samaritan, who took the trouble to go back to Jesus and became an icon of gratitude. The other nine went for a drink, feeling - Sure that's only what the priests/doctors/healers are there for.

Reflection
Thank you, Lord, that I am alive, and able to speak to you; that I have access to your word in Sacred Space. May I always count my blessings.

Reflection
Our daily prayer at its best includes praise of God – for who God is and for what God does for us. Jesus often praised God himself, and asked others to do the same. He highlights here that a foreigner was the one to return in praise. Praising God is not limited to any one people or religion. We all share our faith in the God who creates us and the world day by day. We share faith too in the God who helps us in life, regardless of creed or colour. All prayer echoes the praise of Mary, ‘my soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour’. (Luke 1:46)