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Lukas 16:10

Listen to Lukas 16:10
10 Die getrouw is in het minste, die is ook in het grote getrouw; en die in het minste onrechtvaardig is, die is ook in het grote onrechtvaardig.

Lukas 16:10 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 16:10

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.

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Lukas 16:10 In-Context

8 En de heer prees den onrechtvaardigen rentmeester, omdat hij voorzichtiglijk gedaan had; want de kinderen dezer wereld zijn voorzichtiger, dan de kinderen des lichts, in hun geslacht.
9 En Ik zeg ulieden: Maakt uzelven vrienden uit den onrechtvaardigen Mammon, opdat, wanneer u ontbreken zal, zij u mogen ontvangen in de eeuwige tabernakelen.
10 Die getrouw is in het minste, die is ook in het grote getrouw; en die in het minste onrechtvaardig is, die is ook in het grote onrechtvaardig.
11 Zo gij dan in den onrechtvaardigen Mammon niet getrouw zijt geweest, wie zal u het ware vertrouwen?
12 En zo gij in eens anders goed niet getrouw zijt geweest, wie zal u het uwe geven?
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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