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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Luke 17:1-10)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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THE POWER OF FAITH. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF WORKS...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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 LIKEWISE YE, WHEN YE SHALL HAVE D...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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_...
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_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...
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“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...
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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...
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(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...
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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(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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
Ver. 10. _We have done that was our du...
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_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,...
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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....
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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;...
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No merit in works:...
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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.
Since faith, according to the Lord's ow...
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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...
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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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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 17:8...
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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...
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“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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 29:14; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 1
Corinthians 9:16;...
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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...