Luke 17:10
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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.

1 Chronicles 29:14-16 Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to promise thee all these things? all things are thine: and we have given thee what we received of thy hand. . . .

Job 22:2,3 Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge? . . .

Job 35:6,7 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him? . . .

Psalm 16:2,3 I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods. . . .

Psalm 35:6,7 Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them. . . .

Proverbs 16:2,3 All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits. . . .

Isaiah 6:5 And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 64:6 And we are all become as one unclean, and all our justices as the rag of a menstruous woman: and we have all fallen as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Matthew 25:30,37-40 And the unprofitable servant, cast ye out into the exterior darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. . . .

Romans 3:12 All have turned out of the way: they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, there is not so much as one.

Romans 11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him?

1 Corinthians 9:16,17 For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me: for a necessity lieth upon me. For woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:9,10 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. . . .

Philippians 3:8,9 Furthermore, I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ. . . .

Philemon 1:11 Who hath been heretofore unprofitable to thee but now is profitable both to me and thee:

1 Peter 5:5,6 In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you all insinuate humility one to another: for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace. . . .

Context
The Power of Faith
9Doth he thank that servant for doing the things which he commanded him? 10I 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. 11And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.…
Cross References
Job 22:2
Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?

Job 35:7
And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?

Luke 17:9
Doth he thank that servant for doing the things which he commanded him?

Luke 17:11
And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

Lexicon
So
οὕτως (houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

also,
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

when
ὅταν (hotan)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.

you have done
ποιήσητε (poiēsēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

everything
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

commanded
διαταχθέντα (diatachthenta)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1299: To give orders to, prescribe, arrange. From dia and tasso; to arrange thoroughly, i.e. institute, prescribe, etc.

of you,
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

should say,
λέγετε (legete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

‘We are
ἐσμεν (esmen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

unworthy
ἀχρεῖοί (achreioi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 888: Unprofitable, useless, unworthy. Useless, i.e. unmeritorious.

servants;
Δοῦλοι (Douloi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.

we have only done
πεποιήκαμεν (pepoiēkamen)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

our duty.’”
ὠφείλομεν (ōpheilomen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3784: Or, its prolonged form opheileo probably from the base of ophelos; to owe; figuratively, to be under obligation; morally, to fail in duty.


Additional Translations
So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

Thus you also, when you may have done all the things having been commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have done that which we were bound to do.'"

So likewise you, when you 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.

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.

Thus ye also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what it was our duty to do.

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.

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all the things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which it was our duty to do.

So you also, when you have obeyed all the orders given you, must say, "'There is no merit in our service: what we have done is only what we were in duty bound to do.'"

Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"

'So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'
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