Faith and Obedience

⁵ Then the apostles told the Lord, “Give us more faith!”

⁶ The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of^[a] a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you!

⁷ “Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and have something to eat’? ⁸ Of course not. Instead, he would say to him, ‘Get dinner ready for me, and put on your apron and wait on me until I eat and drink. Then you can eat and drink.’ ⁹ He doesn’t praise the servant for doing what was commanded, does he? ¹⁰ That’s the way it is with you. When you have done everything you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are worthless servants. We have done only what we ought to have done.’”