Luke 16:10 “Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much,…”

Luke 16:10

Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

American Standard Version

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

Geneva Bible 1599

He that is faithfull in the least, hee is also faithful in much: and he that is vniust in the least, is vniust also in much.

Darby Translation

He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.

Young's Literal Translation

'He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

Bible in Basic English

He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.

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Cross references

“faithful in”

Matthew 25:21 Luke 19:17 Hebrews 3:2 Luke 16:11 Luke 16:12

Matthew 25:21 · BSB

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Luke 19:17 · BSB

His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

Hebrews 3:2 · BSB

He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.

Luke 16:11 · BSB

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

Luke 16:12 · BSB

And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

“he that is unjust”

John 12:6 John 13:27 John 13:2

John 12:6 · BSB

Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

John 13:27 · BSB

And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

John 13:2 · BSB

The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

Also

Matthew 25:23

Matthew 25:23 · BSB

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

11So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

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