Luke 17:8

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Instead of saying 'Prepare my dinner, and then make yourself ready and wait on me while I am eating and drinking, and after that you shall eat and drink yourself'?

Cross References

Luke 12:37

Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and bid them take their places at table, and will come and wait upon them.

Luke 17:7

Which of you, if he had a servant ploughing, or tending the sheep, would say to him, when he came in from the fields, 'Come at once and take your place at table,'

Luke 17:9

Does he feel grateful to his servant for doing what he is told?

John 13:4

Rose from his place, and, taking off his upper garments, tied a towel round his waist.