Luke 17:10 Cross References

Luke 17:10

10: In the same way, when you obey me you should say, 'We are not worthy of praise. We are servants who have simply done our duty.'"

For preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn't do it!
If I were doing this of my own free will, then I would deserve payment. But God has chosen me and given me this sacred trust, and I have no choice.

You younger men, accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, serve each other in humility, for "God sets himself against the proud, but he shows favor to the humble."
So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and in his good time he will honor you.

"Can a person's actions be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?

For I am the least of all the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted the church of God.
But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me--and not without results. For I have worked harder than all the other apostles, yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

If you sin, what do you accomplish against him? Even if you sin again and again, what effect will it have on him?
If you are good, is this some great gift to him? What could you possibly give him?

All have turned away from God; all have gone wrong. No one does good, not even one."

We are all infected and impure with sin. When we proudly display our righteous deeds, we find they are but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall. And our sins, like the wind, sweep us away.

Then I said, "My destruction is sealed, for I am a sinful man and a member of a sinful race. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD Almighty!"

But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you have already given us!
We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a shadow, gone so soon without a trace.
"O LORD our God, even these materials that we have gathered to build a Temple to honor your holy name come from you! It all belongs to you!

Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
Although I did them no wrong, they laid a trap for me. Although I did them no wrong, they dug a pit for me.

I said to the LORD, "You are my Master! All the good things I have are from you."
The godly people in the land are my true heroes! I take pleasure in them!

Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ
and become one with him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God's law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.

"Then these righteous ones will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink?
Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing?
When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?'
And the King will tell them, 'I assure you, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!'

Onesimus hasn't been of much use to you in the past, but now he is very useful to both of us.

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