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From: Luke 17:7-10

Humble Service

(Jesus said to His disciples,) [7] "Will any of you, who has a servant
ploughing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the
field, `Come at once and sit down at table'? [8] Will he not rather
say to him, `Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me,
till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink'? [9] Does
he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? [10] So you
also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, `We are
unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"

Commentary:

7-10. Jesus is not approving this master's abusive and arbitrary
behavior: He is using an example very familiar to His audience to show
the attitude a person should have towards his Creator: everything, from
our very existence to the eternal happiness promised us, is one huge
gift from God. Man is always in debt to God; no matter what service he
renders Him he can never adequately repay the gifts God has given him.
There is no sense in a creature adopting a proud attitude towards God.
What Jesus teaches us here we see being put into practice by our Lady,
who replied to God's messenger (the Archangel Gabriel), "Behold, I am
the handmaid of the Lord" (Luke 1:38).

Source: "The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries". Biblical text
taken from the Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries
made by members of the Faculty of Theology of the University of
Navarre, Spain. Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock,
Co. Dublin, Ireland.