When ye have done all, say, We are unprofitable servants — For a man cannot profit God. Happy is he who judges himself an unprofitable servant: miserable is he whom God pronounces such. But though we are unprofitable to him, our serving him is not unprofitable to us. For he is pleased to give by his grace a value to our good works, which in consequence of his promise entitles us to an eternal reward.
Verse Luke 17:10. _WE ARE UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS_] This text has often been produced to prove that no man can live without committing sin against God. But let it be observed, the text says _unprofitab...
ARE UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS - We have conferred no favor. We have “merited” nothing. We have not “benefited” God, or laid him under “obligation.” If he rewards us, it will be matter of unmerited favor....
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Concerning Offenses and Forgiveness. (Luke 17:1)_ 2. Increase of Faith and Lowly Service. (Luke 17:5) 3. The Ten Lepers. (Luke 17:11) 4. Concerning the Kingdom and His Second Coming...
LUKE 17. The chapter illustrates the difficulty experienced by Lk. in using the material at his disposal. He here brings together without any clear connexion of thought a selection of sayings of Chris...
LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Luke 17:1-10)...
Jesus said to his disciples, "It is impossible that snares to sin should not arise; but woe to him through whom they do arise! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and h...
SO LIKEWISE YE. Thus ye also. SHALL. may. SAY, WE. say that (Greek. _hoti)_ we. UNPROFITABLE. not needed, no use for. This may be for various reasons. Occurs only here and in Matthew 25:30, where th...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
_when ye shall have done alt_ and this can never be, Psalms 143:2. Even if it could "non est _beneficium_sed _officium_facere quod debetis," Sen. _Controv._ We are unprofitable servants The same word...
THE POWER OF FAITH. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF WORKS...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
ὍΤΑΝ ΠΟΙΉΣΗΤΕ ΠΆΝΤΑ. And this can never be, Psalms 143:2. Even if it could “non est _beneficium_ sed _officium_ facere quod debetis.” Sen. _Controv_. ἈΧΡΕΙ͂ΟΙ. The same word for unprofitable occurs in...
Ver 7. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? 8. And will not rather say to him, Make ready w...
ΠΟΙΉΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act., см._ Luke 17:9. _Conj._ с ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) в indef. _temp. прид._ ΛΈΓΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act., см._ Luke 17:7. ΌΤ (G3754) эквивалент границ цитаты, ΑΧΡΕΊΟΣ ...
DISCOURSE: 1552 THE OBEDIENT SERVANT Luke 17:10. _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...
UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS:— 'Αχρειοι, _mean,_ and _inconsiderable,_ who cannot pretend to have merit in any thing. It deserves remarking, that our Saviour applies this,—not to the servants in the parable,...
Butler's Comments SECTION 1 Be Good (Luke 17:1-10) 17 And he said to his disciples, Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come! 2It would be better for him if a millstone w...
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 LIKEWISE YE, WHEN YE SHALL HAVE D...
1 The Lord is through with the unbelievers and now addresses His own disciples. He anticipates the fact that, even among themselves, there would be much to cause them to stumble and fall. He seeks to...
THAT WORKS DO NOT JUSTIFY. 'Our Lord having exhorted His disciples to good works, now proceeds to rebuke the vainglory which so often accompanies them, showing that as a master is under no obligation...
OCCASIONS OF OFFENCE. THE TEN LEPERS. THE SECOND ADVENT 1, 2. On causing others to sin. See on Matthew 18:6; Matthew 18:7. 2, ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES] An affectionate designation of the disciples, e...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 17 THE DANGER IF YOU CAUSE OTHER PEOPLE TO *SIN 17:1-2 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘Things will certainly happen that turn people away from God....
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 recogn...
οὕτως, so, in the Kingdom of God: extremes meet. The service of the Kingdom is as unlike that of a slave to his owner as possible in _spirit_; but it is like in the heavy demands it makes, which _we_...
_The parable of extra service_, in Luke only. For this name and the view of the parable implied in it see my _Parabolic Teaching of Christ_. It is there placed among the theoretic parables as teaching...
“TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES” Luke 17:1-10 The world is full of stumbling-blocks. Men are perpetually placing them in each other's way; and especially before little children, the simple and the weak. Le...
The thinking of the Master for His disciples is always that they should live in love. He knew, however, that offenses must come. In that connection He uttered the solemn word of warning, "Woe unto him...
(5) 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. (5) No matter how perfectly we may...
Unprofitable servants. Because our service is of no profit to our Master; and he justly claims it as our bounden duty. But though we are unprofitable to him, our serving him is not unprofitable to us;...
THE HERESY OF SUPEREROGATION Luke 17:7-10. “And which one of you having a servant, plowing or herding stock, who will say to him, having returned from the field, having come in immediately, Sit down t...
7. _Various Sayings: Luke 17:1-10_. This piece contains four brief lessons, placed here without introduction, and between which it is impossible to establish a connection. Olshausen and Meyer have att...
_The Non-meritoriousness of Works._ “ _But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?_ 8. _And will...
(7) But which of you, having a servant plowing, or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go, and sit down to meat? (8) And will not rather say unto him, Make r...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
_SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS CHECKED_ ‘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 1...
10._We have done what we were bound to do. _That is, “we have brought nothing of our own, but have only done what we were bound by the law to do ” Christ speaks here of an entire observance of the law...
Grace is the spring of the Christian's walk, and furnishes directions for it. He cannot with impunity (chapter 17) despise the weak. He must not be weary of pardoning his brother. If he have faith but...
SO LIKEWISE YE,.... This is the accommodation and application of the parable to the disciples of Christ, who whether ministers or private believers, are as servants, and should be as laborious as the...
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. Ver. 10. _We have done that was our du...
_But which of you_, &c. But while you endeavour to live in the exercise of this noble grace of faith, and in a series of such services as are the proper fruits of it, be careful, in the midst of all,...
These verses inculcate the duty of obedience, patience, and humility; that after all the disciples had done or would do, their reward must be of grace, not of debt....
No man ever did or ever can do for God more than He requires; and no mere man ever did his whole duty. Of course, no man can perform works of supererogation, that is, more than enough to save himself;...
No merit in works:...
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. Since faith, according to the Lord's ow...
GRACE IN VIEW OF OFFENSES (vs.1-4) We have seen the grace of God clearly and beautifully declared, yet the world rejecting it. The Lord Jesus then spoke to His disciples. What should be their attitud...
1-10 It is no abatement of their guilt by whom an offence comes, nor will it lessen their punishment that offences will come. Faith in God's pardoning mercy, will enable us to get over the greatest d...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians and again, "When ye shall have done all things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; "[85] Cyprian Epistle XXVI But some who are of the lap...
“Even so you also, when you shall have done all the things that are commanded you,” In the same way when the Apostles are carrying out all the commands given to them, they are to be the same. “Say,...
THE DISCIPLES' RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS GOD'S PEOPLE AND THE WARNING NOT TO GET ABOVE THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WILL ACCOMPLISH (17:1-10). Some have spoken here of ‘separate sayings' but there is...
Luke 17:10. EVEN SO YE ALSO. The application, here plainly made, is that nothing can be claimed in God's service on the ground of merit. Even ‘the Apostles' (Luke 17:5) could make no such claim. The v...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
PART of the discourse began in chap. Luke 15:4, and addressed to the disciples (Luke 17:1). Some of the thoughts are found in Matthew 18, but the latter part of the section is peculiar to Luke....
UNPROFITABLE (αχρειο). The Syriac Sinaitic omits "unprofitable." The word is common in Greek literature, but in the N.T. only here and Matthew 25:30 where it means "useless" (α privative and χρειος...
Luke 17:10 Reliance on Religious Observances. Consider how this danger of over-reliance on religious observances is counteracted in the case of serious minds. I. The evil in question supposing it to...
Luke 17:1. _Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!_ Since the fall, we are so constituted that there are sure to be d...
CONTENTS: Instruction in forgiveness. Parable of service. Ten lepers healed. Second coming of Jesus foretold. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, ten lepers, Pharisees, Noah, Lot, Lot's wife. CONCLUSION:...
Luke 17:1. _It is impossible but that offences will come._ Such as the disciples had just seen, the contempt and derision evinced by the pharisees; but woe to the man, and woe to the nation which shal...
SUPPOSE ONE OF YOU HAS A SERVANT. This parable is based on the custom of having the same servant work in the fields and in the house. The servant expected to serve his master _first,_ and himself _las...
_But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle_ THE PLOUGHING SERVANT The one thing on which our Lord wishes to concentrate our attention is not the spirit in which God deals with His...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 17:7 The question of v. Luke 17:9 (DOES HE THANK THE SERVANT?) implies an answer of no. WE ARE UNWORTHY SERVANTS. Christians
CHAPTER 17 VER. 5. _And the Apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith._ The Apostles said this, when, from their little faith, they had been unable to cast out the devil from the lunatic. They the...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 17:7. A SERVANT.—_I.e._, a slave. FEEDING CATTLE.—Rather, “keeping sheep” (R.V.). BY AND BY.—_I.e._, straightway, immediately. The phrase is to be connected with the words spoke...
EXPOSITION LUKE 17:1 _The_ _Master_'_s teaching on the subject of the injury worked on the souls of others by our sins. The disciples pray for an increase of faith that they may be kept from such sin...
Now He turns again to His disciples. Then said he unto his disciples, It is impossible but that offenses will come (Luke 17:1): You cannot help if you're living in this world, you're going to have of...
1 Chronicles 29:14; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 1 Corinthians 9:16;...
Unprofitable [α χ ρ ε ι ο ι]. From creia, requirement; something which the master must pay. Not useless, but having rendered no service beyond what was due. "The profit does not begin until the servan...