Luke 17:10
8 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’?
9 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.’”
11 While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
12 As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
- KJV
- So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
- WEB
- Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’”
- ASV
- Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
- DARBY
- Thus *ye* also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what it was our duty to do.
- BLB
- Thus also you⁺, when you⁺ may have done all the [things] having been directed you⁺, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have done that which we were obligated to do.’”
- ÅB
- Slik skal også dere, når dere har gjort alt det som er dere pålagt, si: Vi er unyttige tjenere; vi har bare gjort det vi var skyldige å gjøre.
- OTB
- Så også dere, når dere har fullført alt som ble instruert, bør si: 'Vi er ydmyke tjenere; vi har bare oppfylt vårt ansvar.'"
- B1930
- Således skal også I, når I har gjort alt det som er eder pålagt, si: Vi er unyttige tjenere; vi har bare gjort det vi var skyldige å gjøre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 9:16–17
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
Read in contextJob 22:2–3
“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
Read in context1 Peter 5:5–6
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:9–10
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Read in contextJob 35:6–7
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
Read in contextRomans 11:35
“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
Read in contextProverbs 16:2–3
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:6
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
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