7 “Imagine that you had a slave that was out in the field ploughing or looking after the sheep. When he came back to the house, which of you would tell him, ‘The meal’s ready so come in now and sit down to eat.’ 8 No, you’d be saying, ‘Get the meal ready for me and then after you’ve changed, come and wait on me as I eat and drink, then after that you can eat and drink.’ 9 And no, slaves don’t get thanked for just doing what they’ve been told to do. 10 So too when you all do what you’ve been told to do, just say, ‘We are useless slaves—we’ve just done what we were told.’ ”