Gospel of Matthew Chapter 25 Vs. 23

 The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:23 “His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”

The joy of... Both the man with five talents and the man with two received exactly the same reward, indicating that the reward is based on faithfulness, not results.

Notice here, that his lord was just as pleased with his four as he was with the other servants ten. To whom much is given, much is required. His faith was just as great as the other servant; he just had less to work with. The reward was the same, because he had worked hard and was faithful and did what he could do with what he had been entrusted with.

You see, again this servant was not concerned with the fact that the other servant had more than he did. He just did his best with what he had. His Lord was pleased the same as God will be pleased with us; if we do the very best we can with what we have to work with (through faith).

In both cases the verdict on the past was faithful over a few things, though the few things of the one were more than double the few things of the other; and in the same way, though the promise for the future was for the one as well as for the other, I will set thee over many things, it might well be that the many things of the future might vary as the few things of the past had done.

Again, Two of the servants were faithful in caring for the master’s money (Mat. 25:16-17) and were accordingly rewarded for their faithfulness with additional wealth, additional responsibilities, and sharing of the master’s joy (Mat. 25:20-23).