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18th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 22

Luke 17:5-10

The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"  The Lord replied,
"If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this
mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey
you.

"Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from plowing
or tending sheep in the field, 'Come here at once and take your place at
the table'?  Would you not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, put
on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and
drink'?  Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded?  So you
also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, 'We are
worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!'"