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Luke 19:17
New English Translation

17 And the king[a] said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful[b] in a very small matter, you will have authority[c] over ten cities.’

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  1. Luke 19:17 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Luke 19:17 tn See Luke 16:10.
  3. Luke 19:17 sn The faithful slave received expanded responsibility (authority over ten cities) as a result of his faithfulness; this in turn is an exhortation to faithfulness for the reader.
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