And I said: "Woe to me! For I have remained silent. For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live in the midst of a people having unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King, the Lord of hosts!"
Luke 17:10 - 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.' " Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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.’” 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. English Standard Version 2016 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’” |
And I said: "Woe to me! For I have remained silent. For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live in the midst of a people having unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King, the Lord of hosts!"
And we have all become like the unclean. And all our justices are like a rag of menstruation. And we have all fallen away, like a leaf. And our iniquities have carried us away, like the wind.
And they entered it and possessed it. But they did not obey your voice, and they did not walk in your law. And they did not do all of the things that you commanded them to do. And so, all of these evils have happened to them.
And cast that useless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
And it happened that, while he was traveling to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
Would he be grateful to that servant, for doing what he commanded him to do?
All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
In times past, he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to me and to you.