⁵ And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” ⁶ So the Lord said, “If you have faith like a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

⁷ “And which of you who has a slave plowing or shepherding sheep^[a] who comes in from the field will say to him, ‘Come here at once and^[b] recline at the table’? ⁸ Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something that I may eat, and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and after these things you will eat and drink.’ ⁹ He will not be grateful^[c] to the slave because he did what was ordered, will he?^{[d] 10} Thus you also, when you have done all the things you were ordered to do,^[e] say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done what we were obligated to do.’”