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

⁹ Would he thank his slave for doing the things that he was ordered to do?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Is he grateful and does he praise the servant because he did what he was ordered to do?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?

Common English Bible

⁹ You won’t thank the servant because the servant did what you asked, will you?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Would he be grateful to that servant, for doing what he commanded him to do?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ 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]’?