Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Luke 17:10 - King 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaAmplified 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. 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.’” |
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
and they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: