Matthew 25:21

The master commends him: 'Well done, good and faithful servant,' and invites him into his joy. Faithfulness with little leads to greater trust and shared joy.

Cross-references · 27

• Matt 25:23His lord said unto him, Well done, 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.
• Luke 16:10He 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.
• John 12:26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
• 2 Tim 2:12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
• Rev 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
• John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• 1 Pet 1:7–8That 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:
• Matt 24:45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
• Rev 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
• Luke 22:28–30Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
• Phil 1:23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
• Luke 12:44Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
• Rom 2:29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
• Matt 10:40–42He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
• 2 Chr 31:20–21And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
• Matt 24:47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
• Rev 7:17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• Matt 25:46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
• Heb 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Rev 21:7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
• Ps 16:10–11For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• 2 Cor 10:18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
• Matt 25:34–40Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Rev 2:26–28And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
• 1 Cor 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
• 2 Cor 5:9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

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