Matthew 24:45

A Faithful Slave And An Unfaithful Slave

⁴⁴ because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come. ⁴⁵ 'Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season? ⁴⁶ Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

Appointed Time

Faithful and Wise Servant

Matthew 25:21

'And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

Matthew 25:23

'His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

Matthew 25:35-40

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

Hebrews 3:5

and Moses indeed was stedfast in all his house, as an attendant, for a testimony of those things that were to be spoken,

Ezekiel 34:2

Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed?

Matthew 7:24

'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

Matthew 10:16

'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

Matthew 13:52

And he said to them, 'Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'

Matthew 25:2

and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;

Luke 12:41-43

And Peter said to him, 'Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'

Luke 16:10-12

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;

Luke 19:17

and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

John 21:15-17

When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, 'Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, 'Feed my lambs.'

Acts 20:28

'Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ;

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

Ephesians 4:11-13

and He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as proclaimers of good news, and some as shepherds and teachers,

1 Timothy 1:12

And I give thanks to him who enabled me -- Christ Jesus our Lord -- that he did reckon me stedfast, having put me to the ministration,

2 Timothy 2:2

and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

1 Peter 4:10-11

each, according as he received a gift, to one another ministering it, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

1 Peter 5:1-3

Elders who are among you, I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker,

Revelation 2:13

I have known thy works, and where thou dost dwell -- where the throne of the Adversary is -- and thou dost hold fast my name, and thou didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was put to death beside you, where the Adversary doth dwell.