Luke 17:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁰ So, you too, after you have done everything you were told to, should say, ‘We are unworthy slaves. We have done [only] what we were supposed to do.’”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ 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)

¹⁰ 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

¹⁰ 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

¹⁰ 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.' "

Luke 17:10 Cross References

Romans 11:35

Or, who has given [something] to God that He has to pay back?

Romans 3:12

Everyone has turned away [from God]. All of them have become worthless. No one is [always] kind; no, not even one person.”

Matthew 25:30

Throw out that worthless servant into the [place of] outer darkness, where there will be crying and excruciating pain.

Philemon 1:11

He was once useless to me, but is now useful to [both] you and me. [Note: Since the name Onesimus means “useful,” it appears Paul is making an intentional play on the word].

Luke 17:9

Would he thank his slave for doing the things that he was ordered to do?

Luke 17:11

And it happened as Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem that He passed along the border between Samaria and Galilee. [Note: These were the next two provinces north of Judea].