◄ Luke 17:9 ►
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Good News Translation
The servant does not deserve thanks for obeying orders, does he?

New Revised Standard Version
Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded?

Contemporary English Version
Servants don't deserve special thanks for doing what they are supposed to do.

New American Bible
Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Doth he thank that servant for doing the things which he commanded him?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Doth he thank that servant for doing the things which he commanded him?

Context
The Power of Faith
…8And will not rather say to him: Make ready my supper and gird thyself and serve me, whilst I eat and drink; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink? 9Doth he thank that servant for doing the things which he commanded him? 10I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do.…
Cross References
Luke 17:8
And will not rather say to him: Make ready my supper and gird thyself and serve me, whilst I eat and drink; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink?

Luke 17:10
I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do.

Luke 17:8
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