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Luke 17:10

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 10 Likewise, when you have done all the things assigned to you, say: ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves. What we have done is what we ought to have done.’”+

Luke 17:10

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 10 οὕτως Thus καὶ also ὑμεῖς, YOU, ὅταν whenever ποιήσητε YOU might do πάντα all τὰ the (things) διαταχθέντα having been assigned ὑμῖν, to YOU, λέγετε be YOU saying ὅτι that Δοῦλοι Slaves ἀχρεῖοί useless ἐσμεν, we are, ὃ which ὠφείλομεν we were owing ποιῆσαι to do πεποιήκαμεν. we have done.

Luke 17:10

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 10 So YOU, also, when YOU have done all the things assigned to YOU, say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves.+ What we have done is what we ought to have done.’”

Luke 17:10

The Bible in Living English
- 10 So with you: when you have done everything that was prescribed to you, say ‘We are inefficient servants—it was what we were in duty bound to do that we did.’”

Luke 17:10

American Standard Version
- 10 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.

Luke 17:10

The Emphasized Bible
- 10 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!

Luke 17:10

King James Version
- 10 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 Study Notes—Chapter 17

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 17:10
  
  good-for-nothing: Lit., “useless; worthless.” The point of Jesus’ illustration is not that the slaves, his disciples, are to consider themselves useless or worthless. According to the context, “good-for-nothing” conveys the idea that the slaves would view themselves modestly, not as deserving special credit or praise. Some scholars consider the term as it is used here to be hyperbole meaning “we are merely slaves deserving no special attention.”