Luke 17 Study Notes

1. Why is it impossible to avoid offenses (17:1)?

2. What punishment is worse than having a millstone tied about one’s neck and being cast into the sea (17:2)?


3. What obligation does the innocent brother have when someone sins against him (17:3)?

4. How often must a man forgive the one sinning against him (17:4)?


5. What prompted the apostles to say “increase our faith” (17:5)?


6. What is meant by moving trees in 17:6?

7. What is taught in 17:7-10?

8. What spiritual problem did the nine lepers whom Christ healed have?

9. Why is the nationality of the leper who returned and thanked Christ for healing him important (17:16)?

10. In what sense is the kingdom of God “within you” (17:20-21)?

11. What is taught about Jesus’ coming in 17:23-24?

12. What is the comparison between the days of Noah and Lot and those at the time Jesus will come again?

13. What should we remember about Lot’s wife (17:32)?

14. What is taught about the second coming in 17:34-36?