Luke 17:17
New International Version
Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?

New Living Translation
Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine?

English Standard Version
Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

Berean Standard Bible
“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus, having answered, said, "Were not the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

King James Bible
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

New King James Version
So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

New American Standard Bible
But Jesus responded and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they?

NASB 1995
Then Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine— where are they?

NASB 1977
And Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they?

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they?

Amplified Bible
Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten [of you] cleansed? Where are the [other] nine?

Christian Standard Bible
Then Jesus said, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Jesus said, “Were not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine?

American Standard Version
And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

Contemporary English Version
Jesus asked, "Weren't ten men healed? Where are the other nine?

English Revised Version
And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus asked, "Weren't ten men made clean? Where are the other nine?

Good News Translation
Jesus spoke up, "There were ten who were healed; where are the other nine?

International Standard Version
Jesus asked, "Ten men were made clean, weren't they? Where are the other nine?

Majority Standard Bible
?Were not all ten cleansed?? Jesus asked. ?Where then are the other nine?

NET Bible
Then Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?

New Heart English Bible
Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

Weymouth New Testament
"Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?

World English Bible
Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Jesus answering said, “Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine—where?

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus, having answered, said, "Were not the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus answering said, 'Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine -- where?

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jesus having answered said, Were not ten cleansed? and where the nine?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answering, said, Were not ten made clean? and where are the nine?

Catholic Public Domain Version
And in response, Jesus said: “Were not ten made clean? And so where are the nine?

New American Bible
Jesus said in reply, “Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine?

New Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they?
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten who were cleansed? where are the nine?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But Yeshua answered and he said, “Were there not ten who were purified? Where are the nine?”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And Jesus answered and said: Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

Godbey New Testament
And Jesus responding said, Were not the ten cleansed?

Haweis New Testament
Then Jesus spake and said, were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

Mace New Testament
and Jesus said to him, were not all the ten healed? where then are the other nine?

Weymouth New Testament
"Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?

Worrell New Testament
And Jesus, answering, said, "Were not the ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

Worsley New Testament
And Jesus answered and said, Were not all the ten cleansed? and where are the other nine?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Ten Lepers
16He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan. 17“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine? 18Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”…

Cross References
Luke 7:9
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.”

Matthew 8:10
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.

Matthew 15:28
“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.

Mark 6:6
And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.

John 4:48
Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

John 9:30-33
“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. ...

Romans 3:3
What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

Romans 11:20
That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

Hebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

Hebrews 11:6
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.

2 Kings 5:15-16
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.

2 Kings 5:17-19
“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,

Isaiah 1:2-3
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.”

Isaiah 65:1-2
“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,

Jeremiah 8:5-7
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.


Treasury of Scripture

And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

but.

Genesis 3:9
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

Psalm 106:13
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

John 8:7-10
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…

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Luke 17
1. Jesus teaches to avoid occasions of offense;
3. and to forgive one another.
5. The power of faith.
6. How we are bound to God.
11. Jesus heals ten lepers.
22. Of the kingdom of God, and the coming of the Son of Man.














Jesus asked
This phrase highlights the direct engagement of Jesus with the situation at hand. The Greek word for "asked" is "ἀποκριθεὶς" (apokritheis), which implies a response or a reply. Jesus often used questions to provoke thought and self-reflection. Here, His question serves to draw attention to the lack of gratitude from the nine lepers who were healed. It is a reminder of the importance of acknowledging God's work in our lives.

Were not all ten cleansed?
The word "cleansed" comes from the Greek "καθαρίζω" (katharizō), meaning to make clean or purify. In the context of leprosy, this cleansing was not only physical but also social and spiritual, as lepers were ostracized from the community. Jesus' question underscores the completeness of His healing power, which was extended to all ten lepers. It also serves as a rhetorical device to emphasize the expectation of gratitude and recognition of divine intervention.

Where then are the other nine?
This phrase points to the absence of the nine lepers who did not return to give thanks. The Greek word "ἔννέα" (ennea) for "nine" is used here to highlight the majority who failed to show gratitude. Historically, leprosy was a condition that isolated individuals from society, and being healed was a monumental change in their lives. The absence of the nine suggests a deeper issue of ingratitude and spiritual blindness. Jesus' question is a call to self-examination for all believers, urging them to consider their own responses to God's blessings.

(17) Were there not ten cleansed?--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 Acts 19:1-7.) The history of most churches or smaller religious societies, perhaps also that of most individual men, presents many more.

Verse 17. - Where are the nine? 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).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
“{Were} not
Οὐχὶ (Ouchi)
Adverb
Strong's 3780: By no means, not at all. Intensive of ou; not indeed.

[all]
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

ten
δέκα (deka)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1176: Ten. A primary number; ten.

cleansed?”
ἐκαθαρίσθησαν (ekatharisthēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2511: To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

asked.
Ἀποκριθεὶς (Apokritheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

“Where then are
ποῦ (pou)
Adverb
Strong's 4226: Genitive case of an interrogative pronoun pos otherwise obsolete; as adverb of place; at what locality.

the [other]
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

nine?
ἐννέα (ennea)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1767: Nine. A primary number; nine.


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