Pentecost Season · Year C
Proper 22
October 8, 2028
Overview & Insights
"So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, should say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!'" (Luke 17:10)
The apostles ask Jesus to increase their faith, and he answers first with a saying that even mustard-seed faith could uproot a mulberry tree, then with a parable about a servant who does his assigned work without expecting special thanks. Together the sayings reframe faith away from a quantity to be measured and toward simple, undramatic obedience.
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Commentary
Commentary on Luke 17:5-10 Working Preacher
Reads the mustard-seed saying and servant parable together as a lesson in the ordinariness of faithful obedience.
Luke 17:5-10 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Notes the request for faith follows Jesus' hard teaching on forgiveness, shifting focus from amount of faith to its object.
Luke 17 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse notes on the disciples' request and the meaning of the servant parable.
Luke 17 Commentary Precept Austin
A detailed evangelical verse-by-verse walk through the chapter.
Luke 17:5 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentators on the apostles' request for more faith.
Getting to Work, Proper 22 (C) – 2025 Sermons That Work · Episcopal Church
An Episcopal preaching resource applying the servant parable to ordinary faithful work.
Background & Word Study
Luke 17:5 Greek Interlinear BibleHub
Shows the Greek text word by word for the disciples' request and Jesus' answer.
Luke Overview, Part 2 BibleProject
A video overview of the travel narrative section of Luke that contains this teaching.
Luke Course Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on Luke's Gospel and its themes of discipleship.
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