Luke 17:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

Cross References

Romans 11:35

Or who has first given to him, and it will be given back to him again?

Isaiah 64:6

For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.

Romans 3:12

They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

Matthew 25:30

And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.

Philemon 1:11

Who in the past was of no profit to you, but now is of profit to you and to me:

Luke 17:9

Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?

Luke 17:11

And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.

Jeremiah 32:23

And they came in and took it for their heritage, but they did not give ear to your voice, and were not ruled by your law; they have done nothing of all you gave them orders to do: so you have made all this evil come on them: