Luke 16:10 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 16:10

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

KJV

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ASV

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

WEB

Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

YLT

`He who is faithful in the least, is also faithful in much; and he who in the least is unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

DBT

He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Luke 16:11–12
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Matthew 25:21
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Luke 19:17
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
Matthew 25:23
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Luke 12:48
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

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Now if we be unfaithful in the less, if we use the things of this world to other purposes than those for which they were given us, it may justly be feared that we should be so in the gifts of God's grace, that we should receive them also in vain, and therefore they will be denied us: He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

); and the contempt which the Pharisees put upon the doctrine Christ preached to them, for which he sharply reproved them, adding some other weighty sayings,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He, &c.--a maxim of great pregnancy and value; rising from the prudence which the steward had to the fidelity which he had not, the "harmlessness of the dove, to which the serpent" with all his "wisdom" is a total stranger.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

And whether ye have more or less, see that ye be faithful as well as wise stewards. He that is faithful in what is meanest of all, worldly substance, is also faithful in things of a higher nature; and he that uses these lowest gifts unfaithfully, is likewise unfaithful in spiritual things.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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LUK 16:10MAT 25:21 MAT 25:23
LUK 16:10MAT 25:23 MAT 25:21
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LUK 16:10MAT 25:21 JHN 12:26
LUK 16:10MAT 25:21 2TI 2:12
LUK 16:10MAT 25:21 REV 3:21
LUK 16:10MAT 25:21 JHN 14:3
LUK 16:10HEB 3:2 NUM 12:7
LUK 16:10LUK 19:17 REV 2:26-29

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