Luke 17 Return and Thanksgiving Record

Follow the mercy and the response to Jesus.

Fifteen minutes for one reading or family decisionFree · Two-page fillable PDF

Companion to Read Luke 17 With the Returning Samaritan in View.

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Hypothetical example: A family distinguishes the returning Samaritan’s thanks from its own ordinary acknowledgment of a neighbor’s actual help.

01Follow the ten before concentrating on the one

Record the ten men’s request, Jesus’ direction and what happens as they go.

Request in the account

Direction Jesus gives

Change Luke reports on the way

02Notice who returns and where his thanks goes

Notice the returning Samaritan’s actions and Jesus’ questions.

Returning man’s actions

Identity Luke explicitly names

Question Jesus asks

03Do not make thanks the price of help

Separate the text from any modern reward or healing claim someone adds.

Modern application we propose

Healing promise we must not add

Unreported motive to leave open

04Give the reading a truthful response

Offer truthful thanksgiving and an appropriate acknowledgment of actual help.

Mercy or help we can truthfully name

Thanks we intend to express

Actual person to acknowledge if appropriate