Luke 17:10
8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
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.
11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
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
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Read in context1 Corinthians 15:9–10
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Read in contextJob 35:6–7
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
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Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
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All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
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