Luke 17:10
So likewise yee, when yee haue done all those things, which are commanded you, say, We are vnprofitable seruants: wee haue done that which was our duetie to doe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
9Doeth he thanke that seruant, because hee did that which was commanded vnto him? I trowe not.
11And so it was when he went to Hierusalem, that he passed through the middes of Samaria, and Galile.
Cross References
Job 22:2May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?
Psalms 16:2O my soule, thou hast sayd vnto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my weldoing extendeth not to thee,
Proverbs 16:2All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.
Isaiah 64:6But we haue all bene as an vncleane thing, and all our righteousnes is as filthie cloutes, and we all doe fade like a leafe, and our iniquities like the winde haue taken vs away.
Matthew 25:30Cast therefore that vnprofitable seruant into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnasshing of teeth.
Romans 3:12They haue all gone out of the way: they haue bene made altogether vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not 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 →