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Read Full Chapter (Luke 17) Luke 17:9 KJV
"Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not."
Luke Chapter 17, Verse 9
Luke 17:9 in Context (Verses 6–12 KJV)
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And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
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But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
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And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
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Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
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So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
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¶ And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
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And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: