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Luke 17:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table’? "

Luke 17:7

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5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

6 The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

7 But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table’?

8 Wouldn’t he rather tell him, ‘Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink’?

9 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.

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Luke 17:1

"He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!"

Luke 17:2

"It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble."

Luke 17:3

"Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him."

Luke 17:4

"If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”"

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