Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
He also that had received two talents came . . . good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things—Both are commended in the same terms, and the reward of both is precisely the same. (See on Matthew 25:15). Observe also the contrasts: "Thou hast been faithful as a servant; now be a ruler—thou hast been entrusted with a few things; now have dominion over many things."
enter thou into the joy of thy lord—thy Lord's own joy. (See John 15:11; Hebrews 12:2).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Matthew 25:22:
Luke 19:15-26
1 Corinthians 16:2
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