Luke 16:10
New International Version
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

New Living Translation
“If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.

English Standard Version
“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Berean Standard Bible
Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

Berean Literal Bible
The one faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and the one unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.

King James Bible
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

New King James Version
He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.

New American Standard Bible
“The one who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and the one who is unrighteous in a very little thing is also unrighteous in much.

NASB 1995
“He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

NASB 1977
“He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

Legacy Standard Bible
“He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much, and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

Amplified Bible
“He who is faithful in a very little thing is also faithful in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little thing is also dishonest in much.

Christian Standard Bible
Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.

American Standard Version
He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Whoever is faithful with little is faithful with much also, and whoever does evil with a little also does evil with much”

Contemporary English Version
Anyone who can be trusted in little matters can also be trusted in important matters. But anyone who is dishonest in little matters will be dishonest in important matters.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in that which is greater.

English Revised Version
He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with a lot. Whoever is dishonest with very little is dishonest with a lot.

Good News Translation
Whoever is faithful in small matters will be faithful in large ones; whoever is dishonest in small matters will be dishonest in large ones.

International Standard Version
Whoever is faithful with very little is also faithful with a lot, and whoever is dishonest with very little is also dishonest with a lot.

Literal Standard Version
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;

Majority Standard Bible
Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

New American Bible
The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones.

NET Bible
"The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

New Revised Standard Version
“Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.

New Heart English Bible
He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much.

Weymouth New Testament
The man who is honest in a very small matter is honest in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest in a great one also.

World English Bible
He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

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Context
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
9I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings. 10Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?…

Cross References
Matthew 24:45
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

Matthew 25:21
His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!'

Matthew 25:23
His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!'

Luke 19:17
His master replied, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.'


Treasury of Scripture

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

faithful in.

Luke 16:11,12
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? …

Luke 19:17
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

Matthew 25:21
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

he that is unjust.

John 12:6
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

John 13:2,27
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; …

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Luke 16
1. The parable of the unjust steward.
14. Jesus reproves the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees.
19. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus the beggar.














(10) He that is faithful in that which is least . . .--The context shows that by "that which is least" is meant what men call wealth, and which to most of them seems as the greatest, highest good. To be faithful in that is to acknowledge that we have it as stewards, not as possessors, and shall have to give an account of our stewardship. The word of warning was meant, we may believe, specially for the disciples. They, coming, for the most part, from the poorer classes, thought that they were in no danger of worshipping mammon. They are told, probably with special reference to the traitor Judas, that the love of money may operate on a narrow as well as on a wide scale, and that wrong-doing in the one case tests character not less perfectly than in the other. This seems truer to the meaning of "much" than to find in it simply the higher wealth of the kingdom of God, generically different from the former, though this also may be included in the wider operation of the laws thus asserted.

Verse 10. - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. This and the next three verses are closely connected with the parable of the unjust steward. Our Lord no doubt continued speaking, and these four verses contain a general resume of what may be called his reflections on the important piece of teaching he had just delivered. We have here the broad rule, upon which God will decide the soul's future, laid down. If the man has been faithful in his administration of the comparatively unimportant goods of earth, it is clear that he can be entrusted with the far more important things which belong to the world to come. There is, too, in these words a kind of limitation and explanation of the foregoing parable of the unjust steward. The conduct of that steward, regarded in one point of view, was held to be wise, and we, though in a very different way, were advised to imitate it; yet here we are distinctly told that it is fidelity, not unfaithfulness, which will be eventually re-warded - the just, not the unjust steward.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Whoever
(Ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

[is] faithful
πιστὸς (pistos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4103: Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

very little
ἐλαχίστῳ (elachistō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular - Superlative
Strong's 1646: Superlative of elachus; used as equivalent to mikros; least.

will
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

also
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

{be} faithful
πιστός (pistos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4103: Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

much,
πολλῷ (pollō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

whoever
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

[is] dishonest
ἄδικος (adikos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 94: Unjust, unrighteous, wicked. Specially, heathen.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

very little
ἐλαχίστῳ (elachistō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular - Superlative
Strong's 1646: Superlative of elachus; used as equivalent to mikros; least.

will
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

also
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

{be} dishonest
ἄδικός (adikos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 94: Unjust, unrighteous, wicked. Specially, heathen.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

much.
πολλῷ (pollō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.


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