Luke 19:17

"`Well done, good servant,' he replied; `because you have been faithful in a very small matter, be in authority over ten towns.'

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

In Context

16"So the first came and said, "`Sir, your pound has produced ten pounds more.'

18"The second came, and said, "`Your pound, Sir, has produced five pounds.'

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Cross References

Luke 16:10The man who is honest in a very small matter is honest in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest in a great one also.

Romans 2:29But the true Jew is one inwardly, and true circumcision is heart-circumcision--not literal, but spiritual; and such people receive praise not from men, but from God.

2 Timothy 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of God's own people; so that they also may obtain salvation--even the salvation which is in Christ Jesus--and with it eternal glory.

1 Peter 5:4And then, when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the never-withering wreath of glory.

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 →

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