NET Bible
"He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?"
— Luke 17:9, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
So the Lord replied,“If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry tree,‘Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?
Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?
He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?
So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say,‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.’”
The Grateful Leper Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.
As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance,