Luke 17:17

Plain English Version

Jesus asked the man, “I made 10 men better, right? Where are the other 9 men?

Cross References

Genesis 3:9

God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

Luke 17:16

And he got down on his knees in front of Jesus, to show him respect. And he said to Jesus, “Thank you, sir.” That man was not Jewish, like the 9 other men, and like Jesus and his followers, but he was from the Samaria nation.

Luke 17:18

None of the Jewish men came back to say thank you to God. Only you came back, and you are not Jewish, you belong to another nation.”

Romans 1:21

The trouble was this. Even though people could work that out about God, they really didn’t want to know him. They didn’t want to say to him, “Thank you, you really are the true God.” They couldn’t think properly about him. They could only think in stupid ways. They didn’t understand anything.