Luke 17:5-10

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How Big Is Your Faith?^(A)

⁵ The apostles said to the Lord, “Give us more faith!”

⁶ The Lord said, “If your faith were the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘·Dig yourself up [Be uprooted] and plant yourself in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

Be Good Servants

⁷ “Suppose one of you has a ·servant [slave] who has been plowing the ground or caring for the sheep. When the servant comes in from working in the field, would you say, ‘Come in and ·sit down to eat [^Lrecline; ^Cthe posture for a banquet or formal meal]’? ⁸ No, ·you [^Lhe] would say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Then ·get yourself ready [or put on your apron; ^Lgird yourself] and ·serve [wait on] me. After I finish eating and drinking, you can eat and drink.’ ⁹ ·The servant does not get any special thanks [^LDoes he thank the servant…?] for doing what his master commanded. ¹⁰ It is the same with you. When you have done everything you are told to do, you should say, ‘We are ·unworthy [undeserving; worthless] servants; we have only done ·the work we should do [our duty; our obligation].’”