Berean Standard Bible
“So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’””
Jesus has just told the apostles to forgive repeatedly, and they ask him to increase their faith. He answers with a short picture of a servant who comes in from the field and is expected to serve his master's dinner before eating.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
World English Bible (WEB)
Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’”
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
'So also you, when you may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Así también vosotros, cuando hubiereis hecho todo lo que os es mandado, decid: Siervos inútiles somos, porque lo que debíamos hacer, hicimos.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Así también ustedes, cuando hayan hecho lo que se les mandó, deben decir: “Somos sirvientes inútiles, pues sólo cumplimos con nuestra obligación”».
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