Matthew 25:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.

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  • Luke 16:10 : 10 He that is faythfull in that which is least, is faythfull also in much. And he that is vnrighteous in the least, is vnrighteous also in much.
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour.
  • 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we be patient, we shall also raigne with hym: If we denie hym, he also shall denie vs.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I graunt to sitte with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and haue sitten with my father in his throne.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Feare none of those thynges, which thou shalt suffer: Beholde, the deuyll shall caste some of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes. Be faythfull vnto the death, and I wyll geue thee a crowne of lyfe.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better.
  • Luke 12:44 : 44 Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath.
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 Who is a faythfull and wise seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his householde, to geue them meate in season.
  • Matt 24:47 : 47 Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And of this maner did Hezekia throughout all Iuda: & wrought it that is good, and right and true before the Lorde his God. 21 And in al the workes that he began, for seruice of the house of God, for the lawe, & for the commaundementes, he sought his God: and that did he with all his heart, and prospered.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go into euerlastyng payne: the ryghteous into lyfe eternall.
  • Luke 22:28-30 : 28 Ye are they, which haue bydden with me in my temptations. 29 And I appoynt vnto you a kingdome, as my father hath appoynted vnto me. 30 That ye may eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome, & sit on seates iudgyng the twelue tribes of Israel.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And yf I go to prepare a place for you, I wyll come agayne, and receaue you, euen vnto my selfe: that where I am, there may ye be also.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I wyll that they which thou hast geuen me, be with me where I am, that they may see my glorie which thou hast geuen me. For thou louedst me, before the foundation of the world.
  • Rom 2:29 : 29 But he is a Iewe whiche is one inwardly, and the circumcisio of ye heart, which consisteth in the spirite, and not in the letter is circumcision whose prayse is not of men, but of God.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.
  • 1 Pet 1:7-8 : 7 That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe, 8 Whom ye haue not seene, and yet loue hym, in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not, yet do you beleue, & reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious:
  • Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde. 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me. 37 Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke? 38 When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee? 40 And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.
  • Ps 16:10-11 : 10 For thou wylt not leaue my soule in hell: neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption. 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy, and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore.
  • Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He that receaueth you, receaueth me: & he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me. 41 He that receaueth a prophete, in the name of a prophete, shall receaue a prophetes rewarde. And he that receaueth a ryghteous man, in the name of a ryghteous man, shall receaue a ryghteous mans rewarde. 42 And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these litle ones, to drynke, a cuppe of colde water only, in the name of a disciple, veryly I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For he that prayseth hymselfe, is not alowed, but whom the Lorde prayseth.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He that ouercommeth, shall inherite all thynges, and I wyl be his God, and he shalbe my sonne.
  • Rev 2:26-28 : 26 And whosoeuer ouercommeth, and kepeth my workes vnto the ende, to hym wyll I geue power ouer nations, 27 And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall they be broken to sheuers: 28 Euen as I receaued of my father, so wyll I geue hym the mornyng starre.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Lokyng vnto Iesus, the captayne and finissher of our fayth, which for the ioy that was set before hym, endured the crosse, hauyng dispised the shame, and is set downe on the ryght hande of the throne of God.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore iudge nothyng before the tyme, vntyll the Lorde come, who wyl lyghten thynges that are hyd in darkenesse, & open the counsels of the heartes, and then shall euery man haue prayse of God.
  • 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 Wherfore, whether we be at home, or from home, we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym.

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    22He also that had receaued two talentes, came, and sayde: Lorde thou delyueredst vnto me two talentes, beholde, I haue wonne two other taletes with them.

    23His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.

    24Then he which had receaued the one talent, came, and saide: Lorde I knew thee, that thou art an harde man, reapyng where thou hast not sowen, & gatheryng where thou hast not strowed.

    25And therfore was I afrayde, & went and hid thy talent in the earth: loe, there thou hast that thyne is.

    26His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed,

    27Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage.

    28Take therfore the talent from hym, and geue it vnto hym whiche hath ten talentes.

    29For vnto euery one that hath, shalbe geuen, and he shall haue aboundaunce: But he that hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that which he hath.

    30And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt into vtter darknesse, there shalbe wepyng, and gnasshyng of teeth.

    31When the sonne of man shall come in his glorie, and all the holy Angels with hym, then shall he sitte vpon the throne of his glorie.

  • Luke 19:15-22
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    15And it came to passe, that whe he had receaued his kyngdome and returned, he commaunded these seruauntes to be called vnto him, to whom he had geuen the money, to wyt howe muche euery man had done in occupying.

    16Then came the first, saying: Lorde thy peece hath gayned ten peeces.

    17And he sayde vnto hym: Well thou good seruaunt, because thou hast ben faythfull in a very litle thing, haue thou aucthoritie ouer ten cities.

    18And the seconde came, saying: Thy peece hath encreased fiue peeces.

    19And to the same he sayde, be thou also ruler ouer fyue cities.

    20And another came, saying: Lorde beholde here is thy peece, whiche I haue layed vp in a napkin.

    21For I feared thee, because thou art a strayte man: Thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, & reapest that thou dyddest not sowe.

    22He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe:

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    14Lykewyse, as a certayne man, redy to take his iourney into a straunge countrey, called his owne seruauntes, and delyuered vnto them his goodes.

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    16Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes, went, and occupyed with the same, & made them other fyue talentes.

    17And lykewyse, he that receaued two: he also gayned other two.

    18But he that receaued that one, went and digged in the earth, and hyd his Lordes money.

    19After a long season, the Lorde of those seruauntes commeth, and reckeneth with them.

    20And so, he that had receaued fyue talentes, came, and brought other fyue talentes, saying: Lorde, thou delyueredst vnto me fyue talentes, beholde, I haue gayned with them fyue talentes mo.

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    45Who is a faythfull and wise seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his householde, to geue them meate in season.

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    47Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.

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    42And the Lorde saide: Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their portion of meate in due season?

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    12He sayde therfore: A certayne noble man went into a farre countrey, to receaue for hym selfe a kyngdome, and to come agayne.

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    10He that is faythfull in that which is least, is faythfull also in much. And he that is vnrighteous in the least, is vnrighteous also in much.

    11So then, yf ye haue not ben faythfull in the vnryghteous Mammon, who shall trust you in the true treasure?

    12And yf ye haue not ben faythfull in another mans businesse, who shall geue you that which is your owne?

  • Luke 19:24-26
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    24And he sayde vnto them that stoode by: Take from hym that peece, and geue it to hym that hath ten peeces.

    25And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde he hath ten peeces.

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    37Happy are those seruauntes, who the Lorde, when he commeth, shall fynde wakyng. Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall girde him selfe, and make them to syt downe to meate, and wyll come foorth, and minister vnto them.

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    47And the seruaunt that knewe his maisters wyll, and prepared not hym selfe, neither dyd accordyng to his wyll, shalbe beaten with many strypes.

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    23Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen, lykened vnto a certayne man, that was a kyng, which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes.

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    21Not euery one, that sayeth vnto me Lorde, Lorde, shall enter into the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doeth the wyll of my father, which is in heauen.

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