Luke 12:42

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

Who

Titus 1:7

Steward

Luke 16:1

Matthew 20:8

1 Peter 4:10

Ruler

To give

In due

Proverbs 15:23

Isaiah 50:4

2 Timothy 4:2

General references

Exodus 36:4

3 John 1:5

Bible References

Who

And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;

Steward

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.

Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;

Ruler

But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.

Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

And Moses certainly kept faith as a servant, in all his house, and as a witness of those things which were to be said later;

Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.

To give

And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord

You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:

In due

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:

Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

General references

Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;

My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;