Matthew 25:21

25:21 His master answered, ¹  ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Luke 16:10-12

16:10 “The one who is faithful in a very little ²  is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 16:11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy ³  in handling worldly wealth, ⁴  who will entrust you with the true riches? ⁵  16:12 And if you haven’t been trustworthy ⁶  with someone else’s property, ⁷  who will give you your own ⁸ ?

Luke 19:17

19:17 And the king ⁹  said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful ¹⁰  in a very small matter, you will have authority ¹¹  over ten cities.’

[25:21]  ¹ tn Grk “His master said to him.”

[16:10]  ² sn The point of the statement faithful in a very little is that character is shown in how little things are treated.

[16:11]  ³ tn Or “faithful.”

[16:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “the unrighteous mammon.” See the note on the phrase “worldly wealth” in v. 9.

[16:11]  ⁵ sn Entrust you with the true riches is a reference to future service for God. The idea is like 1 Cor 9:11, except there the imagery is reversed.

[16:12]  ⁶ tn Or “faithful.”

[16:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “have not been faithful with what is another’s.”

[16:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “what is your own.”

[19:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:17]  ¹⁰ tn See Luke 16:10.

[19:17]  ¹¹ sn The faithful slave received expanded responsibility (authority over ten cities) as a result of his faithfulness; this in turn is an exhortation to faithfulness for the reader.