Luke 17:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁷ “But which of you, whose slave is plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come and sit right down to eat’?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Will any man of you who has a servant plowing or tending sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, Come at once and take your place at the table?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

Common English Bible

⁷ “Would any of you say to your servant, who had just come in from the field after plowing or tending sheep, ‘Come! Sit down for dinner’?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, would say to him, as he was returning from the field, 'Come in immediately; sit down to eat,'

Luke 17:7 Cross References

Matthew 12:11

He answered them, “Which one of you who has [only] one sheep, and it fell in a ditch, would not reach down and lift it out [even] if it were on a Sabbath day?

Luke 13:15

But the Lord answered them, “You hypocrites! Does not every one of you untie his ox or his donkey from its stall and lead it to water on the Sabbath day?

Luke 14:5

Then He said to them, “Which one of you, who has a son or an ox that falls into a well, would not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

Luke 17:6

And the Lord said, “If you had faith as [small as] a mustard tree seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and replanted in the ocean,’ and it would obey you.

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]’?

Luke 17:26

“And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of man.