Luke 17:9

And do you thank the servant for doing what you told him? No.

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In The King James Version

Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.

In Context

8No. You say to him, ‘Prepare a meal for me, get yourself dressed, and serve me until I've finished my meal. After that you can have your meal.’

10Likewise once you've done everything you were told, you should simply say, ‘We are undeserving servants. We just did our duty.’”

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Matthew Henry on Luke 17:2-11

The Treatment of Offences. 1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I… Read the whole commentary →

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