Luke 17:7-10

Rachel Workman: ⁷ “When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, does his master say, ‘Come in and eat with me’? ⁸ No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’ ⁹ And does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not. ¹⁰ In the same way, when you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty. Unworthy doesn't begin to cover it. 

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John Burnett:   “Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come immediately and ^[g]sit down to eat’? ⁸ But will he not say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, and properly ^[h]clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and ^[i]afterward you ^[j]may eat and drink’? ⁹ He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he? ¹⁰ So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”  In this passage, Jesus is comparing the apostles to the slave in the story.  The master does not serve the slave but the slave the master.  The master eats first and the slave afterward.  The master does not thank the slave for that which he was commanded to do and we should not expect it as verse 10 says, we are unworthy slaves.  We do only what we ought to have done (If we do that even.) which is usually the minimum.  We are here to serve and just as supper is at the end of the day, so is our reward at the end of the age.  Come quickly Lord Jesus.

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Tomorrow’s reading for Luke 17:11-14

¹¹ As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. ¹² As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, ¹³ crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

¹⁴ He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.”^[b] And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy.