Luke 17:10

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

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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.

In Context

9Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

11And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.

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Cross References

Job 22:2Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.

Psalms 16:2O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.

Proverbs 16:2All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

Matthew 25:30And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Romans 3:12They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

Matthew Henry on Luke 17:2-11

The Treatment of Offences. 1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I… Read the whole commentary →

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