Luke 17:9

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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

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]’?