Luke 17:10
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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.So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
In other translations
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.So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
Greek words
οὕτωςhoutōsThusG3779καὶkaialsoG2532ὑμεῖς,humeisyou yourselves,G4771ὅτανhotanwhenG3752ποιήσητεpoiēsēteyou may have doneG4160πάνταpantaallG3956τὰtathe [things]G3588διαταχθένταdiatachthentahaving been commandedG1299ὑμῖν,huminyou,G4771λέγετεlegetedo sayG3004ὅτιhotithatG3754δοῦλοιdouloiServantsG1401ἀχρεῖοίachreioiunworthyG888ἐσμεν·esmenare we;G1510ὅτιhotiforG3754ὃhothat whichG3739ὠφείλομενōpheilomenwe were obligedG3784ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito doG4160πεποιήκαμεν.¶pepoiēkamenwe have done.G4160
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