Luke 16:10
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

faithful in.

Luke 16:11,12 If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true? . . .

Luke 19:17 And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.

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

Hebrews 3:2 Who is faithful to him that made him, as was also Moses in all his house.

he that is unjust.

John 12:6 Now he said this not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief and, having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.

John 13:2,27 And when supper was done (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him), . . .

Context
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
9And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity: that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. 10He 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. 11If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true?…
Cross References
Matthew 24:45
Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season?

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

Matthew 25:23
His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Luke 19:17
And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.

Luke 16:9
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