Luke 19:17
He said to him: Well done, good servant! As thou hast been faithful over a little, thou shalt have authority over ten towns.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
16And the first came, and said: My Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
18And the second came, and said: My lord, thy pound hath produced five pounds.
Cross References
Luke 16:10He that is faithful in the little, is also faithful in the much; and he that is unjust in the little, is also unjust in the much.
Romans 2:29But he is a Jew, who is so in what is hidden: and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter, whose praise is not from men, but from God.
2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure every thing, for the elect's sake; that they also may obtain life, in Jesus the Messiah, with eternal glory.
1 Peter 5:4that when the chief shepherd shall be revealed, ye may receive from him a crown of glory that fadeth not.
Matthew Henry on Luke 19:12-28
The Nobleman and His Servants. 11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this… Read the whole commentary →