Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Thus ye also, when ye did all the things that were commanded you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen, because we have done what we are obligated to do.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
That's the way it is with you. When you have done everything you were ordered to do, say, "We are worthless servants. We have done only what we ought to have done.'"
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
So, you too, after you have done everything you were told to, should say, 'We are unworthy slaves. We have done [only] what we were supposed to do.'"
Anderson New Testament
So also you, when you shall have done all things that you arc commanded to do, say, We are unprofitable servants; for we have done what was our duty to do.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"
Daniel Mace New Testament
so when you have done all that you were commanded to do, say, we are unprofitable servants; we have only done what was our duty to do.
Darby Translation
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.
Godbey New Testament
Likewise also, when you may do those things which are commanded you, say that, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do.
Goodspeed New Testament
So you also, when you do all you have been ordered to do, must say, 'We are good-for-nothing slaves! We have done only what we ought to have done!' "
John Wesley New Testament
I think not. So likewise ye, when ye have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are but unprofitable servants: we have done what was our duty to do.
Julia Smith Translation
So also ye, when ye do all appointed you, say, That we are useless servants: for what we ought to do, we have done.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus you also, when you have done all the {things you were ordered to do}, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done what we were obligated to do.'"
Modern King James verseion
So likewise you, when you shall have done all the things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants, for we have done what we ought to do.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So likewise ye, when ye have done all those things which are commanded unto you, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done that which was our duty to do.'"
Moffatt New Testament
Well, it is the same with you; when you have done all you are bidden, say, 'We are but servants; we have only done our duty.' "
Montgomery New Testament
"Even so, you also, after you have done all the things that are commanded you, should say, 'We are but slaves, we have only done what it was our duty to do.'"
NET Bible
So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, 'We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.'"
New Heart English Bible
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.'"
Noyes New Testament
So also do ye, when ye have done all that hath been commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were bound to do.
Sawyer New Testament
So also you, when you have done all things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; what we owed the doing of; we have done.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus, ye also, when ye have done all the things enjoined upon you, say - Unprofitable servants, are we, - What we were bound to do, we have done!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
So also ye, when ye have done all things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: for we have but done what was our duty to do.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And so with you--when you have done all that you have been told, still say 'We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.'"
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
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.'"
Williams New Testament
So you too, when you do all that you are ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done.'"
World English Bible
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.'"
Worrell New Testament
So also ye, when ye do all the things that were commanded you, say, 'We are unprofitable servants; we have done what it was our duty to do.'
Worsley New Testament
I think not. So likewise ye, when ye have done all things that were commanded you, say we are unprofitable servants, for we have done only what we ought to do.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.'
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 17:10
Prayers for Luke 17:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith And Duty
9 Does he have a favor for that bondman because he did the things that were commanded? I think not. 10 Thus ye also, when ye did all the things that were commanded you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen, because we have done what we are obligated to do. 11 And it came to pass as he went to Jerusalem, that he was passing through the middle of Samaria and Galilee.
Cross References
Job 22:2-3
Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
Matthew 25:30
And cast ye the unprofitable bondman into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Romans 11:35
Or who first gave to him, and it will be repaid to him?
1 Chronicles 29:14-16
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Job 35:6-7
If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?
Psalm 16:2-3
Thou [my soul] have said to LORD, Thou are my LORD. I have no good beyond thee.
Psalm 35:6-7
Let their way be dark and slippery, and the agent of LORD pursuing them.
Proverbs 16:2-3
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the spirits.
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. For my eyes have seen the King, LORD of hosts.
Isaiah 64:6
For we have all become as unclean, and all our righteous acts are as a polluted garment. And we all fade as a leaf. And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Matthew 25:37-40
Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and fed thee, or thirsting, and gave thee drink?
Romans 3:12
All turned away. Together they became useless. There is not a man who does goodness; there is not as much as one.
1 Corinthians 9:16-17
For if I preach the good-news, it is not a source of pride for me, for an obligation is laid upon me. And woe is to me if I do not preach the good-news.
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
But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain C
1 Peter 5:5-6
Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.