Luke 17:10

The Passion Translation

So learn this lesson: After doing all that is commanded of you, simply say, ‘We are mere servants, undeserving of special praise, for we are just doing what is expected of us and fulfilling our duties.’ ”

Cross References

Isaiah 6:5

Then I stammered and said, “Woe is me! I’m destroyed —doomed as a sinful man! For my words are tainted and I live among people who talk the same way. King Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies—my eyes have gazed upon him!”

Isaiah 64:6

We have all become contaminated with sin, and you see our self-righteousness as nothing better than a menstrual rag. We are all like fallen leaves, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Jeremiah 32:23

But when they entered and took possession of it, they would neither listen to your voice nor follow your law. They would do nothing you commanded them to do, so you brought this disaster on them.

Matthew 25:30

“Then the master said to his other servants, ‘Now, throw that good-for-nothing servant far away from me into the outer darkness, where there will be great misery and anguish!’ ”

Luke 17:11

On his way to Jerusalem Jesus passed through the border region between Samaria and Galilee.

Luke 17:9

Does the servant expect to be thanked for doing what is required of him?

Romans 11:35

Or: “Who has ever first given something to God that obligates God to owe him something in return?”

Romans 3:12

All have deliberately wandered from God’s ways. All have become depraved and unfit. Kindness has disappeared from them all, not even one is good.

Philemon 1:11

Formerly he was not useful or valuable to you, but now he is valuable to both of us.