Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 17:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 17:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 17:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, Jesus met ten men who were very sick with a skin disease, and they stayed far away from everyone else because they didn’t want to make others sick. This story shows how Jesus cared for people in need and how those men had faith that he could help them.

Luke 17:12: And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Contradicts by advising trust in God rather than relying on personal understanding, whereas Luke 17:12 depicts individuals seeking Jesus for healing.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Luke 14:26

Contradicts by demanding followers to hate family and even own life, differing from the depiction of seeking help and community in Luke 17:12.

Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25

Contradicts by instructing not to worry about bodily needs, unlike the concern shown in Luke 17:12 for physical healing.

Matthew 6:25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Contradiction with James 1:6

Contradicts by emphasizing doubtlessness in prayer, yet Luke 17:12 presents those seeking Jesus perhaps due to doubt in other cures.

James 1:6: But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

Contradicts with God's omnipresence negating the necessity of physical approach for help, unlike the physical proximity sought in Luke 17:12.

Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
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