17And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
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 that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: …
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-27)Our Lord Jesus is now upon his way to Jerusalem, to his last passover, when he was to suffer and die; now here we are told, I. How the expectations of his friends were raised upon this occasion: They thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear , Luke 19:11. The Pharisees expected it about this time (Luke 17:20), and, it seems, so did Christ’s own disciples; but they both had a mistake…
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