Faith and Duty^(A)

⁵ And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

^6 (B)So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. ⁷ 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’? ⁸ But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself ^(C)and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’? ⁹ Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded ^[a]him? I think not. ¹⁰ So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are ^(D)unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”