Quotes about Duty

Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?

Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?

So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”

While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.

Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.