Luke 17:10

17:10 So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, ‘We are slaves undeserving of special praise; ¹  we have only done what was our duty.’” ² 

Luke 19:22

19:22 The king ³  said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, ⁴  you wicked slave! ⁵  So you knew, did you, that I was a severe ⁶  man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

[17:10]  ¹ tn Some translations describe the slaves as “worthless” (NRSV) or “unworthy” (NASB, NIV) but that is not Jesus’ point. These disciples have not done anything deserving special commendation or praise (L&N 33.361), but only what would normally be expected of a slave in such a situation (thus the translation “we have only done what was our duty”).

[17:10]  ² tn Or “we have only done what we were supposed to do.”

[19:22]  ³ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:22]  ⁴ tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).

[19:22]  ⁵ tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”

[19:22]  ⁶ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”