Luke 17:10
So also do ye, when ye have done all that hath been commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were bound to do.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9Doth he owe any thanks to that servant, because he did what was commanded?
Cross References
Job 22:2Can a man, then, profit God? Behold, the wise man profiteth himself.
Psalms 16:2I have said to Jehovah, Thou art my Lord; I have no happiness beyond thee!
Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; But the LORD weigheth the spirit.
Isaiah 64:6We are all of us an unclean thing; Like a filthy garment is all our righteousness; We are all withered like a leaf, And our sins, like a storm, have blown us away.
Matthew 25:30And cast out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness; there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Romans 3:12they have all turned aside from the right way, they have become worthless together; there is none that doeth good, not even 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 →