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Luke 17:7 Cross-References
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Unworthy Servants
“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?”
Luke 17:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Luke 17:7
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? Jesus begins a parable challenging assumptions about merit and reward. The phrase which of you (τίς ἐξ ὑμῶν, tis ex hymōn) invites hearers to imagine themselves as masters. A servant (δοῦλον, doulon—literally "slave") returns from field work—plowing or feeding cattle (ἀροτριῶντα ἢ ποιμαίνοντα, arotriounta ē poimainonta)—exhausting agricultural labor. The master's expected response is rhetorical: no master would immediately say Go and sit down to me...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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