Catholic Public Domain Version
"Would he be grateful to that servant, for doing what he commanded him to do? "
— Luke 17:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.”
“Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded? ”
“Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.”
“He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?”
“Doth he thank that servant for doing the things which he commanded him?”
“Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?”
“Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.”
But the Lord said: “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you may say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be transplanted into the sea.’ And it would obey you.
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,’
and would not say to him: ‘Prepare my dinner; gird yourself and minister to me, while I eat and drink; and after these things, you shall eat and drink?’
Would he be grateful to that servant, for doing what he commanded him to do?
I think not. So too, when you have done all these things that have been taught to you, you should say: ‘We are useless servants. We have done what we should have done.’ ”
And it happened that, while he was traveling to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
And as he was entering a certain town, ten leprous men met him, and they stood at a distance.