15Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
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Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
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. …
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-16)We have here an account of the repairing of the temple in the reign of Joash. I. It seems, the temple had gone out of repair. Though Solomon built it very strong, of the best materials and in the best manner, yet in time it went to decay, and there were breaches found in it (2 Kgs. 12:5), in the roofs, or walls, or floors, the ceiling, or wainscoting, or windows, or the partitions of the courts. E…
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