The beloved physician Luke wrote how Jesus said, “Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespass against you, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him. And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say unto this sycamine tree, Be you plucked up by the root, and be you planted in the sea; and it should obey you”, and in chapter seventeen and verse seven of his book Luke wrote how Jesus asked, “which of you, have a servant plowing and feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by … go and sit down to meat?” where we read:
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?
The verse reads, “But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, ...” Luke began with the words, “but which of you” or “however, notwithstanding, nonetheless and moreover what one of Jesus' disciples”, “having a servant plowing” which means “owning and possessing a man of servile conditions, slave or bondman plowing a field” “or feeding cattle” or “or providing nourishment and food for sheep or grazing animals”, “will say unto him by and by” which means “would utter, declare and proclaim to the servant straightway, immediately and forthwith” the following action. Luke shared how Jesus question which of His disciples who had a “bondman” who was “plowing in his field” or “providing food for his farm animals” as to whether they would utter the following words to the servant.
The verse goes on to say, “... when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?” Luke added the words, “when he is come” or “at the time and moment the disciple's servant arises and appears” “from the field” which means “separate and apart from the country, piece of land and bit of tillage”, “go and sit down to meat” or “pass by Jesus' disciple and be seated, lie and lean back to eat food”? Luke shared how Jesus referred to the time and moment the disciple's “servant” returns from “plowing the field” and “feeding the cattle” and whether His “disciple” would tell the “servant” to be seated for a meal.
When we consider Luke's words in this verse, we learn how Jesus referred to a hypothetical situation where one of His “disciples” perhaps would have a “servant” who cared for his “field” and “cattle”. When that “servant” came in from his work, Jesus wondered which of His disciples would have the “servant” coming into their home to immediately be seated for a meal. A“servant” was to continue His service, but this “servant” acts as though he needs to be served. God wants to have a personal loving relationship with every person, and when they yield their lives to Jesus as their “Savior and Lord”, they are to “serve” Him well before they are ever “served” themselves.
Next time Luke shares how Jesus says the master will tell the servant, “make ready wherewith I may sup” so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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