Luke 17:9

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Does he thank that servant because he did what was commanded? I think not.

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  • 10 In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

    8 Instead, won't he say to him, ‘Prepare my dinner, make yourself ready and serve me while I eat and drink; after that, you may eat and drink’?

  • Eph 6:7-9
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    7 Serve with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to people,

    8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

    9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way, without threatening them, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

  • 43 Blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing so when he returns.

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    46 the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

    47 That servant who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.

    48 But the one who did not know and did things deserving of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.

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    16 Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

    17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

  • 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, have them recline at the table, and will come to wait on them.

  • 27 For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

  • 29 But he answered his father, 'Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

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    22 He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'

    23 'Then why didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?'

  • 26 His master answered, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered.

  • Matt 18:23-34
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    23 Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

    24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.

    25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

    26 At this the servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.'

    27 The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt, and let him go.

    28 But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He seized him and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe me!'

    29 His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you.'

    30 But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.

    31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.

    32 Then the master summoned the servant and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me to.'

    33 'Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had mercy on you?'

    34 In anger, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he should pay back all he owed.

  • Luke 6:32-34
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    32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

    33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

    34 If you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

  • 46 Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.

  • 22 ‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

  • 46 Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not do what I say?

  • 9 Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, aiming to be well-pleasing and not argumentative.

  • 7 Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

  • 24 A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above the master.

  • 17 And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.'

  • 17 But thanks be to God that, though you were slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted.

  • 30 And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • 30 The man then went to the second son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

  • 2 So he called him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be manager.'

  • 19 After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

  • 17 Then Jesus replied, 'Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?'

  • 7 They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'

  • 30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of what I give thanks for?

  • 45 Then he will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

  • 5 So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'