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Luke 17:7

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

KJV

Τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν δοῦλον ἔχων ἀροτριῶντα ἢ ποιμαίνοντα, ὃς εἰσελθόντι ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· εὐθέως παρελθὼν ἀνάπεσε;

Greek NT

Quis autem vestrum habens servum arantem aut pascentem, qui regresso de agro dicat illi : Statim transi, recumbe :

Vulgate

But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

ASV

But which of you, having a servant ploughing or feeding cattle, will say to him, when he is come from the field: Immediately go. Sit down to meat.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
εὐθέως
eutheos
adverb · 85×
παρέρχομαι
parerchomai
verb · 29×
ποιμαίνω
poimaino
verb · 11×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀγρός
agros
noun · 36×
ἀναπίπτω
anapipto
verb · 11×
ἀροτριόω
arotrioo
verb · 3×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐρέω
ereo
verb · 96×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτῷ | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτῷ
  • αὐτῷSBLGNT
  • αὐτῷWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • John 13:4 — He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
  • Luke 22:27 — For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.