![]() “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, be in authority over ten cities.’Īnd he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.’Īnd he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you proved yourself faithful and trustworthy in a very little thing, you shall have authority over ten cities. “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.’ His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’Īnd He said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you were faithful in very little, you are to be having authority over ten cities.'Īnd he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.Īnd he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’Īnd he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave since you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to have authority over ten cities.’ ![]() You have been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you will be governor of ten cities as your reward.’Īnd he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’ ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’ It is not to be established from this parable, that man has a power to improve the stock of sufficient grace given him, and by his improvement procure eternal happiness to himself since such a stock of grace is not designed by the talents nor is that either gotten or improved, by the industry of man nor does the parable suggest, that men by their improvement of the talents committed to them, do, or can, procure eternal happiness: "good and faithful" servants are indeed commended by Christ, and he graciously promises great things to them, which are not proportioned to their deserts for whereas they have been "faithful over a few things", he promises to make them "rulers over many things" and bids them "enter into the joy of their Lord" into the joy, which of his grace and goodness, he has provided for them, and not which they have merited and procured for themselves: nor is it to be inferred from hence, that true grace once given, or implanted, may be taken away or lost for the parable speaks not of what is wrought in men, but of goods and talents bestowed on them, and committed to their trust which may be lost or taken away, or be wrapped up in a napkin, and lie useless by them when true grace is the incorruptible seed which never dies, but always remains that good part which shall never be taken away nor lost, but is inseparably connected with eternal glory.“’Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. Where the same commendation is made, and the same characters are given, as before for a man that has lesser gifts, and is of less usefulness, may be as good and as faithful in his service, and as praise worthy, as a man of greater gifts, and more extensive usefulness and the same happiness is bestowed on one, as the other, which in neither is of merit but of grace and whatever difference may be made between the saints, or between one minister and another in the Millennium state, yet in the ultimate glory, their joy, bliss, and happiness, will be alike. ![]() Well done good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over aįew things, I will make thee ruler over many things, enter thou into ![]() The same words as he did to the other servant,
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