Luke 17:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Would he thank his slave for doing the things that he was ordered to do?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Is he grateful and does he praise the servant because he did what he was ordered to do?

American Standard Version (1901)

Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?

Common English Bible

You won’t thank the servant because the servant did what you asked, will you?

Catholic Public Domain Version

Would he be grateful to that servant, for doing what he commanded him to do?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Doth he thank that servant, for doing the things which he commanded him?

Luke 17:9 Cross References

Luke 17:10

So, you too, after you have done everything you were told to, should say, ‘We are unworthy slaves. We have done [only] what we were supposed to do.’”

Luke 17:8

Would you not say to him instead, ‘Prepare the food for my meal [first] and get ready to serve me until I have had enough to eat and drink and [then] afterward you can eat and drink [yourself]’?