Faith and Duty

The(A) apostles(B) said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”(C)

“If you have faith the size of[a] a mustard seed,”(D) the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

“Which one of you having a slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready,[b] and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?(E) Does he thank that slave because he did what was commanded?[c] 10 In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing(F) slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:6 Lit faith like
  2. Luke 17:8 Or eat, gird yourself; lit eat, tuck in your robe
  3. Luke 17:9 Other mss add I don’t think so

· kai The ho apostles apostolos said legō to the ho Lord kyrios, “ Increase prostithēmi our hēmeis faith pistis!” And de the ho Lord kyrios said legō, “ If ei you had echō faith pistis like hōs a grain kokkos of mustard sinapi seed , you could an say legō to ho this houtos sycamore sykaminos, ‘ Be uprooted ekrizoō and kai planted phyteuō in en the ho sea thalassa,’ and kai it would an obey hypakouō you hymeis. Which tis one · de of ek you hymeis, having echō a servant plowing arotriaō or ē tending poimainō sheep , who hos, when he comes eiserchomai in from ek the ho field agros, will say legō to him autos, ‘ Come here parerchomai at once eutheōs and recline anapiptō at dinner ’? Will he not ouchi, rather alla, say legō to him autos, ‘ Prepare hetoimazō what tis I am to eat deipneō, then kai change perizōnnymi clothes and wait diakoneō on me egō while heōs I eat esthiō and kai drink pinō, and kai after meta this houtos you sy may eat esthiō and kai drink pinō’? Does he express echō thanks charis to the ho servant because hoti he did poieō the ho things that were commanded diatassō? 10 So houtōs · kai it is with you hymeis. When hotan you have done poieō all pas that ho was commanded diatassō, say legō, ‘ We are eimi unworthy achreios servants; we have done poieō no more than hos we were obliged opheilō to do poieō.’”

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