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Luke 17:10

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

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ASV

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.

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.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
οὕτωςhoutōsThusG3779 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
ὑμεῖς,humeisyou yourselves,G4771 →
ὅτανhotanwhenG3752 →
ποιήσητεpoiēsēteyou may have doneG4160 →
πάνταpantaallG3956 →
τὰtathe [things]G3588 →
διαταχθένταdiatachthentahaving been commandedG1299 →
ὑμῖν,huminyou,G4771 →
λέγετεlegetedo sayG3004 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
δοῦλοιdouloiServantsG1401 →
ἀχρεῖοίachreioiunworthyG888 →
ἐσμεν·esmenare we;G1510 →
ὃhothat whichG3739 →
ὠφείλομενōpheilomenwe were obligedG3784 →
ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito doG4160 →
πεποιήκαμεν.¶pepoiēkamenwe have done.G4160 →

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1 Corinthians 9:16–17Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!1 Peter 5:5–6Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Job 22:2–3“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?1 Corinthians 15:9–10For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.Job 35:6–7If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?Romans 11:35“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”Proverbs 16:2–3All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.1 Chronicles 29:14–16But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.Job 22:2“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?Romans 3:12All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”Philippians 3:8–9More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain ChristMatthew 25:37–40Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?Psalms 16:2–3I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”Psalms 35:6–7May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.Matthew 25:30And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’Job 35:7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

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