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D&C 124:113 · Matthew 25:21

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 124:113
"yea, even a few things, he shall be made ruler over many;"
New Testament Matthew 25:21
"thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things"

The parable's pairing of 'a few things' with 'ruler over many things' is kept and its grammar changed from a master's speech to a stated rule. 'ruler over many' stands at seven distinct frozen verses in the corpus, counted case-insensitively: Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23, and five in the Doctrine and Covenants - D&C 52:13, D&C 117:10, D&C 132:44, D&C 132:53, and this verse. The phrase is therefore a recurring formula in the later book rather than a single echo, and this record is one carrier among several. Counts are of distinct frozen verses in the corpus, derived by search at the time of writing.

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