"So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we …" — Luke 17:10

Luke 17:10 · 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.”

— Luke 17:10

Verse 9

Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.

Verse 11

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

Luke 17 — Context

And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.

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.

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

Cross References

1 Corinthians 9:16-17

For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

Job 22:2-3

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? {as he...: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?}

1 Peter 5:5-6

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all {of you} be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

1 Corinthians 15:9-10

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Job 35:6-7

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or {if} thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

Romans 11:35

Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

Proverbs 16:2-3

All the ways of a man {are} clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Isaiah 64:6

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.