Matthew 24:45 Cross References - BBE

⁴⁵ Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

² Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?

²⁴ Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

¹⁶ See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

⁵² And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

² And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

²¹ His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

²³ His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

³⁵ For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in; ³⁶ I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me. ³⁷ Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you? ³⁸ And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you? ³⁹ And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you? ⁴⁰ And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

⁴¹ And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men? ⁴² And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time? ⁴³ Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

¹⁰ He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great. ¹¹ If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth? ¹² And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

¹⁷ And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

¹⁵ Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food. ¹⁶ Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus. ¹⁷ He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.

²⁸ Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

¹ And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ. ² I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;

¹ Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God. ² And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.

¹¹ And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; ¹² For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: ¹³ Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:

¹² I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,

² And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

⁵ And Moses certainly kept faith as a servant, in all his house, and as a witness of those things which were to be said later;

¹⁰ Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God; ¹¹ If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

¹ I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you: ² Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind; ³ Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

¹³ I have knowledge that your living-place is where Satan has his seat: and you are true to my name, and were not turned away from your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my true witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan has his place.