Luke 17:10

Thus, ye also, when ye have done all the things enjoined upon you, say—Unprofitable servants, are we,—What we were bound to do, we have done!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

9Doth he offer thanks unto the servant, because he hath done the things enjoined?

11And it came to pass, during the journey unto Jerusalem, that, he, was going through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

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Cross References

Job 22:2Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself!

Psalms 16:2Thou hast said unto Yahweh, My Lord, art thou! My goodness, mounteth not unto thee.

Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man, [may be] pure in his own eyes, but, he that testeth spirits, is Yahweh.

Isaiah 64:6But we have become as one unclean all of us, And, as a garment polluted, were all our righteous doings,—And so we faded like a leaf all of us, And, our iniquity, as a wind, carried us away;

Matthew 25:30And, the unprofitable servant, cast ye forth into the darkness, outside: There, shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Romans 3:12All, have turned aside, together, have become useless, There is none that doeth kindness, 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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