I became very scared. I said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure (good) enough to speak to God. And I live among people that are not pure enough to speak to God. {\cf2\super [66]} Yet I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”
Luke 17:10 - Easy To Read Version It is the same with you. When you do all the things you are told to do, you should say, ‘We are not worthy of any special thanks. We have only done the work we should do.’” 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.’” 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. |
I became very scared. I said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure (good) enough to speak to God. And I live among people that are not pure enough to speak to God. {\cf2\super [66]} Yet I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”
We are all dirty with sin.\par Even our good works \{are not pure\}.\par They are like blood-stained rags.\par We are all like dead leaves.\par Our sins have carried us away like wind.\par
The people of Israel came into this land and took it for their own. But those people didn’t obey you. They didn’t follow your teachings. They didn’t do the things you commanded. So you made all these terrible things happen to the people of Israel.
Then the master said, ‘Throw that useless servant outside, into the darkness! In that place people will cry and grind their teeth \{with pain\}.’
The servant should not get any special thanks for doing his job. He is only doing what his master told him to do.
“Who has ever given God anything?\par God owes nothing to any person.”\par \i (Job 41:11)\i0 \par
All people have turned away,\par and all people have become worthless.\par There is no person that does good. None!”\par \i (Psalm 14:1-3)\i0 \par