The men in charge of the work are thoroughly honest, so there is no need to require them to account for the funds."

The men who did the work were thoroughly honest. They were supervised by four Levites: Jahath and Obadiah of the clan of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam of the clan of Kohath. (The Levites were all skillful musicians.)

I put two men in charge of governing the city of Jerusalem: my brother Hanani and Hananiah, commanding officer of the fortress. Hananiah was a reliable and God-fearing man without equal.

"Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant? It is the one that his master has placed in charge of the other servants to give them their food at the proper time.

Jesus said to his disciples, "There was once a rich man who had a servant who managed his property. The rich man was told that the manager was wasting his master's money,

Whoever is faithful in small matters will be faithful in large ones; whoever is dishonest in small matters will be dishonest in large ones.

If, then, you have not been faithful in handling worldly wealth, how can you be trusted with true wealth?

The one thing required of such servants is that they be faithful to their master.

Now, I am not at all concerned about being judged by you or by any human standard; I don't even pass judgment on myself.

My dear friend, you are so faithful in the work you do for other Christians, even when they are strangers.