“No One Owes You Anything”

Luke 17:1-10, {1} Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. {2} It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. {3} So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. {4} Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” {5} The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” {6} He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. {7} “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? {8} Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? {9} Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? {10} So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”