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路加福音 16:10

在最小的事上忠心的,在大事上也忠心;在最小的事上不義的,在大事上也不義。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faithfulness;   Injustice;   Integrity;   Jesus, the Christ;   Probation;   Servant;   Worldliness;   Scofield Reference Index - Parables;   Thompson Chain Reference - Injustice;   Justice-Injustice;   The Topic Concordance - Faith/faithfulness;   Unjustness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Faithfulness;   Injustice;   Servants;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Parables;   Wealth;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies;   Wealth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mammon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Almsgiving ;   Asceticism (2);   Circumstantiality in the Parables;   Common Life;   Discourse;   Faithfulness (2);   Mammon;   Occupation (2);   Paradox;   Property (2);   Righteous, Righteousness;   Selfishness;   Spiritualizing of the Parables;   Steward, Stewardship;   Wealth (2);   Winter ;   Worldliness (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Lazarus;   Steward;   Trade;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
人 在 最 小 的 事 上 忠 心 , 在 大 事 上 也 忠 心 ; 在 最 小 的 事 上 不 义 , 在 大 事 上 也 不 义 。

Contextual Overview

1 Jesus also said to his followers, "Once there was a rich man who had a manager to take care of his business. This manager was accused of cheating him. 2 So he called the manager in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give me a report of what you have done with my money, because you can't be my manager any longer.' 3 The manager thought to himself, ‘What will I do since my master is taking my job away from me? I am not strong enough to dig ditches, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I know what I'll do so that when I lose my job people will welcome me into their homes.' 5 "So the manager called in everyone who owed the master any money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe?' 6 He answered, ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.' The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write four hundred gallons.' 7 Then the manager asked another one, ‘How much do you owe?' He answered, ‘One thousand bushels of wheat.' Then the manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and write eight hundred bushels.' 8 So, the master praised the dishonest manager for being clever. Yes, worldly people are more clever with their own kind than spiritual people are. 9 "I tell you, make friends for yourselves using worldly riches so that when those riches are gone, you will be welcomed in those homes that continue forever. 10 Whoever can be trusted with a little can also be trusted with a lot, and whoever is dishonest with a little is dishonest with a lot.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

faithful in: Luke 16:11, Luke 16:12, Luke 19:17, Matthew 25:21, Hebrews 3:2

he that is unjust: John 12:6, John 13:2, John 13:27

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:6 - he left Genesis 47:14 - Joseph brought Joshua 1:1 - Moses' minister 2 Kings 12:15 - for they dealt 2 Kings 22:7 - they dealt faithfully Nehemiah 7:2 - a faithful man Nehemiah 13:13 - counted Proverbs 28:20 - faithful Matthew 24:45 - is Luke 12:48 - For Luke 16:8 - unjust Acts 4:32 - ought 1 Corinthians 4:2 - that 1 Corinthians 16:2 - as God 2 Corinthians 8:12 - if Ephesians 1:1 - which 1 Timothy 3:13 - they 2 Timothy 2:2 - faithful Titus 2:10 - showing Hebrews 3:5 - faithful 3 John 1:5 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram's wife, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar.
Genesis 16:2
Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the Lord has not allowed me to have children, so have sexual relations with my slave girl. If she has a child, maybe I can have my own family through her." Abram did what Sarai said.
Genesis 16:3
It was after he had lived ten years in Canaan that Sarai gave Hagar to her husband Abram. (Hagar was her slave girl from Egypt.)
Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "This is your fault. I gave my slave girl to you, and when she became pregnant, she began to treat me badly. Let the Lord decide who is right—you or me."
Genesis 16:6
But Abram said to Sarai, "You are Hagar's mistress. Do anything you want to her." Then Sarai was hard on Hagar, and Hagar ran away.
Genesis 16:7
The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the desert, by the road to Shur.
Genesis 16:8
The angel said, "Hagar, Sarai's slave girl, where have you come from? Where are you going?" Hagar answered, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."
Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Go home to your mistress and obey her."
Genesis 16:11
The angel added, "You are now pregnant, and you will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cries.
Genesis 16:12
Ishmael will be like a wild donkey. He will be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will attack all his brothers."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that is faithful in that which is least,.... In quantity and quality, especially the latter; in that which is of little value and worth, at least when compared with other things:

is faithful also in much: in matters of greater consequence and importance: the sense of the proverb is, that, generally speaking, a man that acts a faithful part in a small trust committed to him, does so likewise in a much larger; and being tried, and found faithful in things of less moment, he is intrusted with things of greater importance; though this is not always the case: for sometimes a man may behave with great integrity in lesser matters, on purpose that he might gain greater confidence, which, when he has obtained, he abuses in the vilest manner; but because it is usually otherwise, our Lord uses the common proverb; and of like sense is the following;

and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much: that man that acts the unfaithful part in a small matter, and of little worth, generally does the same, if a greater trust is committed to him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that is faithful ... - This is a maxim which will almost universally hold true. A man that shows fidelity in small matters will also in large; and he that will cheat and defraud in little things will also in those involving more trust and responsibility. Fidelity is required in small matters as well as in those of more importance.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 16:10. He that is faithful in that which is least, c.] He who has the genuine principles of fidelity in him will make a point of conscience of carefully attending to even the smallest things and it is by habituating himself to act uprightly in little things that he acquires the gracious habit of acting with propriety fidelity, honour, and conscience, in matters of the greatest concern. On the contrary, he who does not act uprightly in small matters will seldom feel himself bound to pay much attention to the dictates of honour and conscience, in cases of high importance. Can we reasonably expect that a man who is continually falling by little things has power to resist temptations to great evils?


 
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