Matthew 25:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 16:10 : 10 He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.
  • 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
  • Luke 12:44 : 44 Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
  • Matt 24:47 : 47 Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God. 21 And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
  • Luke 22:28-30 : 28 But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles; 29 And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me, 30 So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.
  • Rom 2:29 : 29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
  • 1 Pet 1:7-8 : 7 So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
  • Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was: 35 For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in; 36 I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me. 37 Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you? 38 And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you? 39 And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you? 40 And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
  • Ps 16:10-11 : 10 For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death. 11 You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.
  • Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me. 41 He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward. 42 And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
  • Rev 2:26-28 : 26 He who overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him I will give rule over the nations, 27 And he will be ruling them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of the potter they will be broken, even as I have power from my Father: 28 And I will give him the morning star.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
  • 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 25:22-31
    10 verses
    97%

    22 And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more.

    23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

    24 And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

    25 And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.

    26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

    27 Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

    28 Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.

    29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

    30 And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

    31 But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory:

  • Luke 19:15-22
    8 verses
    84%

    15 And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

    16 And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

    17 And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

    18 And another came, saying, Your pound has made five pounds.

    19 And he said, You will be ruler over five towns.

    20 And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

    21 Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

    22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

  • Matt 25:14-20
    7 verses
    84%

    14 For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.

    15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.

    16 Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.

    17 In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.

    18 But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

    19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

    20 And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.

  • Matt 24:45-47
    3 verses
    78%

    45 Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

    46 A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.

    47 Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has.

  • Luke 12:42-44
    3 verses
    76%

    42 And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?

    43 Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

    44 Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.

  • Luke 19:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

    13 And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

  • Luke 16:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10 He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.

    11 If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?

    12 And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

  • Luke 19:24-26
    3 verses
    72%

    24 And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

    25 And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.

    26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Matt 25:34
    71%

    34 Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

  • Luke 12:37
    70%

    37 Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

  • Luke 12:47-48
    2 verses
    70%

    47 And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

    48 But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

  • Matt 18:23-24
    2 verses
    70%

    23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

    24 And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

  • Matt 7:21
    69%

    21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

  • Luke 16:2
    69%

    2 And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

  • Luke 14:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21 And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

    22 And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.

  • Matt 22:14
    68%

    14 For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a small number will get salvation.