10He 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.
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If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? …
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou 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.
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
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.
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-18)We mistake if we imagine that the design of Christ’s doctrine and holy religion was either to amuse us with notions of divine mysteries or to entertain us with notions of divine mercies. No, the divine revelation of both these in the gospel is intended to engage and quicken us to the practice of Christian duties, and, as much as any one thing, to the duty of beneficence and doing good to those who…
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