Luke 12:42

A Faithful Slave And An Unfaithful Slave

⁴¹ Then said Peter unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable to us, or also for all? ⁴² And the Lord said, Who indeed is a faithful steward, and prudent, whom the lord will place over his household, to give them their proportion of provision at the proper season? ⁴³ Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so employed.

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Matthew 24:45-46

Who then is the faithful and provident servant, whom his Lord hath appointed over his household, to give them meat in the proper time?

Luke 19:15-19

And it came to pass, at his return, after receiving the kingdom, that he ordered the servants to be called, to whom he had given the money, that he might know what every one had gained by his traffic.

Matthew 13:52

They say unto him, Yes, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man, the master of a family, who bringeth out of his storehouse things new and old.

Matthew 20:8

Now when the evening came, the master of the vineyard said to his overseer, Call the labourers, and give them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.

Matthew 25:20-23

And he who had received the five talents, coming to him, brought five other talents, saying, Sir, thou deliveredst to me five talents: I have gained to them five other talents.

Luke 7:13

And when Jesus saw her, he was moved with compassion for her, and said unto her, Weep not.

Luke 16:1-31

THEN said he also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he received an information against him, as having dissipated his treasures.

John 21:15-17

When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.

Acts 20:28

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed as shepherds the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

LET a man so account of us, as the under servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Timothy 3:15

but should I be delayed, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the pedestal of truth.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who preside properly be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who are laborious in preaching and teaching.

2 Timothy 4:2

preach the word, be urgent, in season, out of season; reprove, enjoin, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop ought to be irreproachable, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not irritable, not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Hebrews 3:5

And Moses indeed was faithful in all that house of his as a servant, to bear testimony of the things which should be after spoken;

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your presidents, who have spoken to you the word of God: the ultimate issue of whose conduct attentively observing, be imitators of their fidelity.

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your presidents, and be subject to them: for they are vigilant for your souls, as being to render an account, that they may do it with joy, and not groaning: for that would be disadvantageous for you.

1 Peter 4:10

Let every one, according as he hath received a gift, minister it to others, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Peter 5:1-4

THE presbyters among you I exhort, who am a co-presbyter and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed: