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And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'?
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But will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink'?
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Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.
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So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.' "
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Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
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Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
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And they lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"
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So when He saw them, He said to them, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
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And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
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and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
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So Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?