Luke 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 

1Ch 29:14-16; Job 22:2,3; Job 35:6,7; Ps 16:2,3; Ps 35:6,7; Pr 16:2,3; Isa 6:5; Isa 64:6; Mt 25:30,37-40; Ro 3:12; Ro 11:35; 1Co 9:16,17; 1Co 15:9,10; Php 3:8,9; Phm 1:11; 1Pe 5:5,6

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”).

² tn Or “we have only done what we were supposed to do.”