Luke Chapter 17 verse 10 Holy Bible
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.
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In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.
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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.
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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.
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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.'"
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`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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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) Say, We are unprofitable servants.--There is something very suggestive in the use of the same word as that which meets us in the parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:30). God, we are taught, may recognise and reward the varying use which men make of gifts and opportunities. But all boasting is excluded; and in relation to God the man who has gained the ten talents has to own that he has nothing that he has not received, and to confess that he stands, as it were, on a level with the "unprofitable servant." Any personal claim on the ground of merit falls to the ground before such a declaration, and still more any speculative theory of works of supererogation, and of the transfer of the merits gained by them from one man to his fellow-servants and fellow-sinners.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekSoοὕτως (houtōs)AdverbStrong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).youὑμεῖς (hymeis)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person PluralStrong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.also,καὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. whenὅταν (hotan)ConjunctionStrong's 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.you have doneποιήσητε (poiēsēte)Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person PluralStrong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.everythingπάντα (panta)Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.commandedδιαταχθέντα (diatachthenta)Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 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 PluralStrong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.should say,λέγετε (legete)Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralStrong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ‘We areἐσμεν (esmen)Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralStrong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.unworthyἀχρεῖοί (achreioi)Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 888: Unprofitable, useless, unworthy. Useless, i.e. unmeritorious.servants;Δοῦλοι (Douloi)Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.we have only doneπεποιήκαμεν (pepoiēkamen)Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralStrong's 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 PluralStrong's 3784: Or, its prolonged form opheileo probably from the base of ophelos; to owe; figuratively, to be under obligation; morally, to fail in duty.Jump to PreviousBondmen Bound Commanded Directed Duty Likewise Merit Obeyed Ordered Orders Owed Profit Servants Service Slaves Unprofitable Unworthy
