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"Suppose someone has a servant who is plowing fields or watching sheep. Does he tell his servant when he comes from the field, 'Have something to eat'?
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No. Instead, he tells his servant, 'Get dinner ready for me! After you serve me my dinner, you can eat yours.'
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He doesn't thank the servant for following orders.
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That's the way it is with you. When you've done everything you're ordered to do, say, 'We're worthless servants. We've only done our duty.'"
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Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee on his way to Jerusalem.
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As he went into a village, ten men with a skin disease met him. They stood at a distance
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and shouted, "Jesus, Teacher, have mercy on us!"
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When he saw them, he told them, "Show yourselves to the priests." As they went, they were made clean.
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When one of them saw that he was healed, he turned back and praised God in a loud voice.
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He quickly bowed at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (The man was a Samaritan.)
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Jesus asked, "Weren't ten men made clean? Where are the other nine?