Luke 17:10

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.

So {G3779} likewise {G2532} ye {G5210}, when {G3752} ye shall have done {G4160} all {G3956} those things which are commanded {G1299} you {G5213}, say {G3004},{G3754} We are {G2070} unprofitable {G888} servants {G1401}:{G3754} we have done {G4160} that which {G3739} was our duty {G3784} to do {G4160}.

It’s the same with you — when you have done everything you were told to do, you should be saying, ‘We’re just ordinary slaves, we have only done our duty.’”

So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

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.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Corinthians 9:16 (21 votes)

    For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

  • 1 Corinthians 9:17 (21 votes)

    For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed unto me.

  • 1 Peter 5:5 (15 votes)

    ¶ Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  • 1 Peter 5:6 (15 votes)

    Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

  • Job 22:2 (15 votes)

    Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

  • Job 22:3 (15 votes)

    [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?

  • 1 Corinthians 15:9 (14 votes)

    For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.