Parable of the Master and Servant

The parable of the master and slave is a dargebotenes of Jesus parable which was put into writing in the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament.

It is from the Lord and his servant, whose duty is regarded as self-evident and therefore needs no praise.

Text

"If one of you has a slave plowing or cattle guards, he is about to him when he comes from the field, saying, Take the same place to eat? Will he not rather say to him: Make me something to eat, you gird up and serve me; if I have eaten and drunk, you too can eat and drink. He expressed his gratitude at about the slaves because he did what was commanded? So it should be even with you, if you all have done what was commanded you: ye shall say, ' We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty. "

Interpretation

This parable suggests that even the best of God's servants are still hated, because they have only done their duty, and nothing beyond that. ( "Even the best of God's servants are quietly unworthy Because theyhave only done Their duty and no more. " ) No one, no matter how virtuously or busy he is, can ever reach that God is in his debt. ( Nobody, "no matter how virtuous or hardworking, can ever put God in his or her debt. " )

William Barclay sets this parable with the last verse of Isaac Watts hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" in relationship:

Heard the whole realm of nature to me, That would be an offer, or too small, Love surprising so divine them here, and calls the soul, the life, yes all mine.

( Were the whole realm of Nature mine, That were an offering far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my ave )

The phrase useless slave ( " unworthy servant " ) in the last sentence of the parable is liturgically widespread, as well as in the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.