Parallel Gospels 63f - Faith and Duty

Luke 17:5-10Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Faith and Duty

5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

6 “If you have faith the size of[a] a mustard seed,”the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

7 “Which one of you having a slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? 8 Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready,[b] and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’? 9 Does he thank that slave because he did what was commanded?[c]10 In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”