✨WEB · Luke 17:7

What does Luke 17:7 mean?

"But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’"

— Luke 17:7 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

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The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

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The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

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But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’

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and will not rather tell him, ‘Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink’?

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Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.

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Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’”

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