Luke 17:1-10

1One day Jesus said to his disciples, “There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!

2It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to fall into sin.

3So watch yourselves! “If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive.

4Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive.”

5The apostles said to the Lord, “Show us how to increase our faith.”

6The Lord answered, “If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you!

7“When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, does his master say, ‘Come in and eat with me’?

8No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’

9And does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not.

10In the same way, when you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’”