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

8But won’t he instead say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat! Dress yourself and wait on me while I eat and drink; and afterward, you may eat and drink’? 9He doesn’t thank the slave because he did what he was commanded, does he? So you too, when you’ve done everything you are commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves. We have done only what we were supposed to do.’” 11Now while going up to Jerusalem, Yeshua was passing between Samaria and the Galilee. 12As He entered a certain village, ten men with tza'arat came toward Him. They stood some distance away

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 29:14“But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your hand we have given to You.
• Job 22:2“Can a man be useful to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
• Job 35:6If you sin, how does it affect Him? If your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?
• Psalms 16:2I said to Adonai: “You are my Lord— I have no good apart from You.”
• Psalms 35:6May their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Adonai pursuing them.
• Proverbs 16:2All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but Adonai weighs the motives.
• Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Oy to me! For I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I am dwelling among a people of unclean lips. For my eyes have seen the King, Adonai-Tzva’ot!”
• Isaiah 64:6No one calls on Your Name, or stirs himself up to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.
• Matthew 25:30Throw the worthless servant out, into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’”
• Romans 3:12All have turned aside; together they have become worthless. There is no one who does good—no, not even one!
• Romans 11:35Or “who has first given to Him, that it shall be repaid to him?”
• 1 Corinthians 9:16For if I proclaim the Good News, I have no reason to boast—for pressure is put on me and woe to me if I don’t proclaim the Good News!
• 1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the emissaries, unworthy to be called an emissary because I persecuted God’s community.
• Philippians 3:8More than that, I consider all things to be loss in comparison to the surpassing value of the knowledge of Messiah Yeshua my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things; and I consider them garbage in order that I might gain Messiah
• Philemon 1:11He once was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and me.
• 1 Peter 5:5Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to 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
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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