Luke 12:42

A Faithful Slave And An Unfaithful Slave

⁴¹ And Peter said to Him, Lord, do You speak this parable to us or also to all? ⁴² And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his lord shall set over his houseservants, to give them their portion of food in season? ⁴³ Blessed is that servant when his lord comes and finds him so doing.

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Matthew 24:45-46

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord has made ruler over His household, to give them food in due season?

Luke 19:15-19

And when he had received his kingdom and had returned, then it happened that he commanded these servants to be called to him; the ones to whom he had given the silver; so that he might know what each had gained by trading.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord Jehovah has given Me the tongue of the learned, to know to help the weary with a word. He wakens morning by morning, He wakens the ear to hear as the learned.

Jeremiah 23:4

And I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them. And they shall fear no more, nor be afraid; nor shall they lack anything, says Jehovah.

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you kill the fat ones, but you do not feed the flock.

Matthew 13:52

Then He said to them, Therefore every scribe who is instructed to the kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out things new and old out of his treasure.

Matthew 20:8

So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them their wage, beginning from the last to the first.

Matthew 25:20-23

And so he who had received five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, Lord, you delivered five talents to me. Behold, I have gained five talents above them.

Luke 7:13

And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, Do not weep.

Luke 16:1-31

And He also said to His disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward. And he was accused to him, that he had wasted his goods.

John 21:15-17

Then when they broke fast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.

Acts 20:28

Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He has purchased with His own blood.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

So let a man think of us as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I should delay, that you may know how you ought to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in Word and doctrine.

2 Timothy 4:2

preach the Word, be instant in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.

Titus 1:7

For an overseer must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not full of passion, not given to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy for ill gain;

Hebrews 3:5

And Moses truly was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken afterward.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember those leading you, who have spoken to you the Word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conduct:

Hebrews 13:17

Yield to those leading you, and be submissive, for they watch for your souls, as those who must give account, that they may do it with joy and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you.

1 Peter 4:10

each one as he received a gift, ministering it to yourselves as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Peter 5:1-4

I exhort the elders who are among you, I being also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed.