Matthew 25:23 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:23

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Rabanus Maurus

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (856)

Well done is an interjection of joy; the Lord showing us therein the joy with which He invites the servant who labours well to eternal bliss; of which the Prophet speaks, In thy presence is fulness of joy.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

He says, Thou wast faithful in a few things, because all that we have at present though they seem great and many, yet in comparison of the things to come are little and few. What greater thing can be given to a faithful servant than to be with his Lord, and to see his Lord's joy? The servant who of five talents had made ten, and he who of two had made four, are received with equal favour by the Master of the household, who looks not to the largeness of their profit, but to the disposition of their will.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is the joy of our Lord, for it is joy in the Lord, who is our exceeding joy. Abraham was not willing that the steward of his house, though faithful, should be his heir ( Gen. xv. 3 ); but Christ admits his faithful stewards into his own joy, to be joint-heirs with him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The parable of the talents which we have now read is near akin to that of the ten virgins. Both direct our minds to the same important event: the second advent of Jesus Christ. Both bring before us the same persons: the members of the professing church of Christ. The virgins and the servants are one and the same people—but the same people regarded from a different point, and viewed on different sides. The practical lesson of each parable is the main point of difference: vigilance is the keynote of the first parable, diligence that of the second.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

(1858)

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔφη	ephē	was saying	G5346 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κύριος	kurios	master	G2962 →
αὐτοῦ·	autou	of Him;	G846 →
εὖ,	eu	Well done,	G2095 →
δοῦλε	doule	servant	G1401 →
ἀγαθὲ	agathe	good	G18 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πιστέ,	piste	faithful!	G4103 →
ἐπὶ	epi	Over	G1909 →
ὀλίγα	oliga	a few things	G3641 →
ἦς	ēs	you were	G1510 →
πιστός,	pistos	faithful,	G4103 →
ἐπὶ	epi	over	G1909 →
πολλῶν	pollōn	many things	G4183 →
σε	se	you	G4771 →
καταστήσω.	katastēsō	will I set.	G2525 →
εἴσελθε	eiselthe	do enter	G1525 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
χαρὰν	charan	joy	G5479 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κυρίου	kuriou	master	G2962 →
σου.	sou	of you!	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 25:21
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
leads to
- Luke 16:10
  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.
- John 12:26
  If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- 2 Timothy 2:12
  if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
- Revelation 3:21
  To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- John 14:3
  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.