Matthew 24:45 Cross References - WPNT

⁴⁵ “Who then is the faithful and prudent servant whom his lord placed over his corps of servants to give them food on schedule?

²⁴ “Therefore whoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will compare him to a prudent man who built his house on the bedrock;

¹⁶ “Now then, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be prudent like snakes and innocent like doves.

⁵² So He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a householder, who brings out of his reservoir things new and old.”

² Now five of them were prudent and five foolish.

²¹ His lord said to him: ‘Super, you good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things, I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

²³ His lord said to him: ‘Super, you good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things, I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison and you came to me.’ ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer Him saying: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ Or when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ ⁴⁰ And in answer the King will say to them, ‘Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

⁴¹ Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, are you directing this parable to us, or to everyone?” ⁴² So the Lord said: “Who then is the faithful and prudent steward whom his master will place over his household to give them the food allowance at the right time? ⁴³ Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

¹⁰ He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. ¹¹ If therefore you have not been faithful with the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the genuine? ¹² And if you have not been faithful in what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?

¹⁷ He said to him: ‘Super, you good slave! Because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities!’

¹⁵ So, when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I’m fond of you.” He says to him, “Feed my lambs.” ¹⁶ He says to him again, a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I’m fond of you.” He says to him, “Shepherd my sheep.” ¹⁷ The third time He says to him, “Simon, son of Jonah, are you fond of me?” Peter was grieved in that the third time He said to him, “Are you fond of me?” and said to Him: “Lord, you know all things. You know that I’m fond of you!” Jesus says to him: “Feed my sheep.

²⁸ So take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers, to shepherd the congregation of the Lord and God which He purchased with His own blood.

¹ Brothers, I was not able to address you as spiritual, but as fleshly, as infants in Christ. ² I gave you milk and not solid food, because you were not ready yet. Alas, you are still not ready,

¹ Let a man consider us like this: as Christ’s subordinates and stewards of God’s mysteries. ² Moreover, what is required of stewards is that each be found faithful.

¹¹ Yes, He Himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, ¹² for the equipping of the saints into the work of the ministry, so as to build up the body of Christ, ¹³ until we all attain into the unity of the faith and of the real knowledge of the Son of God, into a complete man, into the resulting full stature of Christ;

¹² I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who enables me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into a ministry;

² Also, the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also.

⁵ also, Moses was indeed faithful as a servant in all His house, providing evidence of those things that would later be spoken,

¹⁰ As each has received a gift, minister it to one another as good administrators of God’s varied grace. ¹¹ If anyone speaks, let it be as utterances of God. If anyone serves, let it be as from strength as God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion throughout the ages. Amen.

¹ The elders who are among you I exhort, I, the fellow elder and witness of Christ’s sufferings; also the partaker of the glory that is to be revealed: ² Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers willingly, not under compulsion; not for dishonest gain but freely; ³ neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

¹³ ‘I know your works, and where you live, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold my name fast and did not deny my faith during the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.