Luke 17:5-10

Increase Our Faith

5 ¹The apostles said to the Lord, ²“Increase our faith! ”

6 And the Lord said, ³“If you had faith like ⁴a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this ⁵mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea, ’ and it would obey you.

Unworthy Servants

7 “Will any one of you who has a servant^[a] plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’?

8 Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and ⁶dress properly, ^[b] and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’?

9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?

10 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are ⁷unworthy servants; ^[c] we have only done what was our duty. ’”

Cross References

• 1. 17:5 See Mark 6:30
• 2. 17:5 [Mark 9:24]
• 3. 17:6 Matt. 17:20
• 4. 17:6 Matt. 13:31
• 5. 17:6 [ch. 19:4 (Gk.)]
• 6. 17:8 John 13:4; [ch. 12:35, 37]
• 7. 17:10 Matt. 25:30; [Job 22:2, 3; 35:7; Rom. 11:35]

Footnotes

• [a] 17:7 Greek 'bondservant'; also verse 9
• [b] 17:8 Greek 'gird yourself'
• [c] 17:10 Greek 'bondservants'