Luke 17:10

Luke 17:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”

Context of Luke 17:10

8No. Instead, he tells his servant, ‘Get dinner ready for me! After you serve me my dinner, you can eat yours.’ 9He doesn’t thank the servant for following orders. That’s the way it is with you. When you’ve done everything you’re ordered to do, say, ‘We’re worthless servants. We’ve only done our duty.’ ” 11Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee on his way to Jerusalem. 12As he went into a village, ten men with a skin disease met him. They stood at a distance

Luke 17:10 word by word

οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὅταν ποιήσητε πάντα τὰ διαταχθέντα ὑμῖν, λέγετε ὅτι δοῦλοι ἀχρεῖοί ἐσμεν· ὃ ὠφείλομεν ποιῆσαι πεποιήκαμεν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• likewiseκαίkai · andG2532
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• ye shall have doneποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• those things whichὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• are commandedδιατάσσωdiatassō · to directG1299
• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• We areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• unprofitableἀχρεῖοςachreios · worthlessG888
• servantsδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• that whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• was our dutyὀφείλωopheilō opheileō · to oweG3784

Cross-references for Luke 17:10

• 1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I and who are my people that you enable us to give so generously? Everything comes from you. We give you only what has come from your hands.
• Job 22:2“Can a human be of any use to God when even a wise person is only useful to himself?
• Job 35:6If you’ve sinned, what effect can you have on God? If you’ve done many wrongs, what can you do to him?
• Psalms 16:2I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord. Without you, I have nothing good.”
• Psalms 35:6Let their path be dark and slippery as the Messenger of the Lord pursues them.
• Proverbs 16:2A person thinks all his ways are pure, but the Lord weighs motives.
• Isaiah 6:5So I said, “Oh, no! I’m doomed. Every word that passes through my lips is sinful. I live among people with sinful lips. I have seen the king, the Lord of Armies!”
• Isaiah 64:6We’ve all become unclean, and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags. All of us shrivel like leaves, and our sins carry us away like the wind.
• Matthew 25:30Throw this useless servant outside into the darkness. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.’
• Romans 3:12Everyone has turned away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one does anything good, not even one person.
• Romans 11:35Who gave the Lord something which the Lord must pay back?
• 1 Corinthians 9:16If I spread the Good News, I have nothing to brag about because I have an obligation to do this. How horrible it will be for me if I don’t spread the Good News!
• 1 Corinthians 15:9I’m the least of the apostles. I’m not even fit to be called an apostle because I persecuted God’s church.
• Philippians 3:8It’s far more than that! I consider everything else worthless because I’m much better off knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. It’s because of him that I think of everything as worthless. I threw it all away in order to gain Christ
• Philemon 1:11Once he was useless to you, but now he is very useful to both of us.
• 1 Peter 5:5Young people, in a similar way, place yourselves under the authority of spiritual leaders. Furthermore, all of you must serve each other with humility, because God opposes the arrogant but favors the humble.

Commentaries on Luke 17:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10We are unprofitable servants - This text has often been produced to prove that no man can live without committing sin against God. But let it be observed, the text says unprofitable servants, not sinful servants. If this text could be fairly construed to countenance sinful imperfection, it would be easy to demonstrate that there is not one of the spirits of just men made perfect, in paradise, nor a ministering angel at the throne of God, but is sinfully…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Are unprofitable servants - We have conferred no favor. We have “merited” nothing. We have not “benefited” God, or laid him under “obligation.” If he rewards us, it will be matter of unmerited favor. This is true in relation to Christians in the following respects: 1.Our services are not “profitable” to God Job 22:2; he “needs” not our aid, and his essential happiness will not be increased by our efforts. 2.The grace to do his will comes from him only…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10In Greco-Roman culture, servants were expected to serve their masters faithfully. Faith (17:5–6) includes obeying Christ and submitting to his commands.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-107-10. say unto him by and by--The "by and by" (or rather "directly") should be joined not to the saying but the going: "Go directly." The connection here is: "But when your faith has been so increased as both to avoid and forgive offenses, and do things impossible to all but faith, be not puffed up as though you had laid the Lord under any obligations to you."Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 17:10

• Duty
• Humility
• Jesus, the Christ
• Supererogation
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Commentaries on Luke 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings