Luke 17:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Even so on your part, when you have done everything that was assigned and commanded you, say, We are unworthy servants [possessing no merit, for we have not gone beyond our obligation]; we have [merely] done what was our duty to do.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

In the same way, when you have done everything required of you, you should say, ‘We servants deserve no special praise. We have only done our duty.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

I think not. So too, when you have done all these things that have been taught to you, you should say: 'We are useless servants. We have done what we should have done.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do.

Luke 17:10 Cross References

Isaiah 6:5

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Isaiah 64:6

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Jeremiah 32:23

and they entered and took possession of it. But they did not obey thy voice or walk in thy law; they did nothing of all thou didst command them to do. Therefore thou hast made all this evil come upon them.

Matthew 25:30

And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.’

Luke 17:11

On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

Luke 17:9

Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?

Romans 11:35

“Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?”

Romans 3:12

All have turned aside, together they have gone wrong; no one does good, not even one.”

Philemon 1:11

(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)