Matthew 25:21

Webster's Bible (1833)

"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

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  • Luke 16:10 : 10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
  • John 12:26 : 26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
  • 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we endure, We will also reign with him. If we deny him, He also will deny us.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
  • Luke 12:44 : 44 Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
  • Matt 24:47 : 47 Most assuredly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 Thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before Yahweh his God. 21 In every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
  • Luke 22:28-30 : 28 But you are those who have continued with me in my trials. 29 I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me, 30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
  • John 14:3 : 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
  • Rom 2:29 : 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
  • 1 Pet 1:7-8 : 7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ-- 8 whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory--
  • Matt 25:34-40 : 34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; 36 naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.' 37 "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? 38 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?' 40 "The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, you did it to me.'
  • Ps 16:10-11 : 10 For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, Neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption. 11 You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
  • Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 42 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most assuredly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
  • Rev 2:26-28 : 26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations. 27 He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father: 28 and I will give him the morning star.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
  • 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

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    22 "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'

    23 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

    24 "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

    25 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'

    26 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.

    27 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

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

    29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even that which he has will be taken away.

    30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

    31 "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

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    15 "It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

    16 The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

    17 "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'

    18 "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'

    19 "So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'

    20 Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

    21 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.'

    22 "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.

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    14 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

    15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

    16 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

    17 In like manner he also who got the two gained another two.

    18 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

    19 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

    20 He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'

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    45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

    46 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

    47 Most assuredly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

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    42 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

    43 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

    44 Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.

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    12 He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

    13 He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins,{10 minas was more than 3 year's wages for an agricultural laborer.} and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'

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    10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

    11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

    12 If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

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    24 He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.'

    25 "They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'

    26 'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

  • 34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

  • 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most assuredly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

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    47 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

    48 but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

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    23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

    24 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.}

  • 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

  • 2 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

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    21 "That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

    22 "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'

  • 14 For many are called, but few chosen."