Matthew 25:14 “For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

25:14 CSB

逐节对照

Christian Standard Bible - “For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
新标点和合本 - “天国又好比一个人要往外国去，就叫了仆人来，把他的家业交给他们，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “天国又好比一个人要出外远行，就叫了仆人来，把他的家业交给他们。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “天国又好比一个人要出外远行，就叫了仆人来，把他的家业交给他们。
当代译本 - “天国就像一个人即将远行，他召来自己的奴仆，把产业托付给他们，
圣经新译本 - “天国又像一个人要出外远行，就叫自己的仆人来，把产业交给他们。
中文标准译本 - “天国又好比一个人要出外旅行，就叫来自己的奴仆们，把他所拥有的交托给他们。
现代标点和合本 - “天国又好比一个人要往外国去，就叫了仆人来，把他的家业交给他们，
和合本（拼音版） - “天国又好比一个人要往外国去，就叫了仆人来，把他的家业交给他们，
New International Version - “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.
New International Reader's Version - “Again, here is what the kingdom of heaven will be like. A man was going on a journey. He sent for his slaves and put them in charge of his money.
English Standard Version - “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
New Living Translation - “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone.
The Message - “It’s also like a man going off on an extended trip. He called his servants together and delegated responsibilities. To one he gave five thousand dollars, to another two thousand, to a third one thousand, depending on their abilities. Then he left. Right off, the first servant went to work and doubled his master’s investment. The second did the same. But the man with the single thousand dug a hole and carefully buried his master’s money.
New American Standard Bible - “For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.
New King James Version - “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
Amplified Bible - “For it is just like a man who was about to take a journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his possessions.
American Standard Version - For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
King James Version - For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
New English Translation - “For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.
World English Bible - “For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.
新標點和合本 - 「天國又好比一個人要往外國去，就叫了僕人來，把他的家業交給他們，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「天國又好比一個人要出外遠行，就叫了僕人來，把他的家業交給他們。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「天國又好比一個人要出外遠行，就叫了僕人來，把他的家業交給他們。
當代譯本 - 「天國就像一個人即將遠行，他召來自己的奴僕，把產業託付給他們，
聖經新譯本 - “天國又像一個人要出外遠行，就叫自己的僕人來，把產業交給他們。
呂振中譯本 - 『就像一個人要出外去，叫了他的奴僕來，把資財交給他們；
中文標準譯本 - 「天國又好比一個人要出外旅行，就叫來自己的奴僕們，把他所擁有的交託給他們。
現代標點和合本 - 「天國又好比一個人要往外國去，就叫了僕人來，把他的家業交給他們，
文理和合譯本 - 又如一人將往他方、召其僕以家資付之、
文理委辦譯本 - 又如一人、將往異地、召僕以所有者予之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 又如一人將往異地、召僕、以家貲付之、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 昔有人焉、將遠行、召其諸僕、託以家貲、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »El reino de los cielos será también como un hombre que, al emprender un viaje, llamó a sus siervos y les encargó sus bienes.
현대인의 성경 - “또 하늘 나라는 여행을 떠나면서 종들을 불러 자기 재산을 맡긴 사람과 같다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Тогда будет, как у того человека, который, отправляясь в далекое путешествие, созвал своих слуг и поручил им свое имущество.
Восточный перевод - – Тогда будет, как у того человека, который, отправляясь в далёкое путешествие, созвал своих рабов и поручил им своё имущество.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Тогда будет, как у того человека, который, отправляясь в далёкое путешествие, созвал своих рабов и поручил им своё имущество.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Тогда будет, как у того человека, который, отправляясь в далёкое путешествие, созвал своих рабов и поручил им своё имущество.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il en sera comme d’un homme qui partit pour un voyage : il convoqua ses serviteurs et leur confia l’administration de ses biens.
リビングバイブル - 天の御国はまた、他国へ出かけたある人のようです。彼は出発前に、使用人たちを呼び、『さあ、元手をやるから、これで留守中に商売をしなさい』と、それぞれにお金を預けました。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος ἀποδημῶν ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς ἰδίους δούλους καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὥσπερ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος ἀποδημῶν, ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς ἰδίους δούλους, καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ.
Nova Versão Internacional - “E também será como um homem que, ao sair de viagem, chamou seus servos e confiou-lhes os seus bens.
Hoffnung für alle - »Es wird dann so sein wie bei einem Mann, der vorhatte, ins Ausland zu reisen. Er rief alle seine Verwalter zusammen und vertraute ihnen sein Vermögen an. Sie sollten während seiner Abwesenheit gut damit wirtschaften.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Nước Trời cũng giống trường hợp người chủ sắp lên đường viễn du, gọi các đầy tớ vào, ủy thác cho họ tài sản mình.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “และอาณาจักรสวรรค์ยังเปรียบเหมือนชายคนหนึ่งจะออกเดินทาง จึงเรียกคนรับใช้มามอบหมายทรัพย์สินให้ดูแล
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交叉引用

Luke 20:9 - Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.
1 Corinthians 3:5 - What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.
Romans 12:6 - According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts: If prophecy, use it according to the proportion of one’s faith;
Romans 12:7 - if service, use it in service; if teaching, in teaching;
Romans 12:8 - if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity; leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness.
Matthew 21:33 - “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
Matthew 25:14 - “For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
Matthew 25:15 - To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent, depending on each one’s ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately
Matthew 25:16 - the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more.
Matthew 25:17 - In the same way the man with two earned two more.
Matthew 25:18 - But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
Matthew 25:19 - “After a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
Matthew 25:20 - The man who had received five talents approached, presented five more talents, and said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I’ve earned five more talents.’
Matthew 25:21 - “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’
Matthew 25:22 - “The man with two talents also approached. He said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. See, I’ve earned two more talents.’
Matthew 25:23 - “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’
Matthew 25:24 - “The man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a harsh man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.
Matthew 25:25 - So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’
Matthew 25:26 - “His master replied to him, ‘You evil, lazy servant! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered,
Matthew 25:27 - then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and I would have received my money back with interest when I returned.
Matthew 25:28 - “‘So take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.
Matthew 25:29 - For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Matthew 25:30 - And throw this good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
1 Corinthians 4:1 - A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God.
1 Corinthians 4:2 - In this regard, it is required that managers be found faithful.
Luke 16:1 - Now he said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.
Luke 16:2 - So he called the manager in and asked, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.’
Luke 16:3 - “Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.
Luke 16:4 - I know what I’ll do so that when I’m removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
Luke 16:5 - “So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master? ’ he asked the first one.
Luke 16:6 - “‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said. “‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
Luke 16:7 - “Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe?’ “‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said. “‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write eighty.’
Luke 16:8 - “The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of light in dealing with their own people.
Luke 16:9 - And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.
Luke 16:10 - Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.
Luke 16:11 - So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with what is genuine?
Luke 16:12 - And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what is your own?
Ephesians 4:11 - And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
1 Corinthians 12:4 - Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:7 - A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good:
1 Corinthians 12:8 - to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:9 - to another, faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:10 - to another, the performing of miracles, to another, prophecy, to another, distinguishing between spirits, to another, different kinds of tongues, to another, interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:11 - One and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as he wills.
1 Corinthians 12:12 - For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body — so also is Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:13 - For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body — whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free — and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
1 Corinthians 12:14 - Indeed, the body is not one part but many.
1 Corinthians 12:15 - If the foot should say, “Because I’m not a hand, I don’t belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:16 - And if the ear should say, “Because I’m not an eye, I don’t belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:17 - If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
1 Corinthians 12:18 - But as it is, God has arranged each one of the parts in the body just as he wanted.
1 Corinthians 12:19 - And if they were all the same part, where would the body be?
1 Corinthians 12:20 - As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
1 Corinthians 12:21 - The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” Or again, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”
1 Corinthians 12:22 - On the contrary, those parts of the body that are weaker are indispensable.
1 Corinthians 12:23 - And those parts of the body that we consider less honorable, we clothe these with greater honor, and our unrespectable parts are treated with greater respect,
1 Corinthians 12:24 - which our respectable parts do not need. Instead, God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the less honorable,
1 Corinthians 12:25 - so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other.
1 Corinthians 12:26 - So if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:27 - Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.
1 Corinthians 12:28 - And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, leading, various kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:29 - Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all do miracles?
Luke 19:12 - Therefore he said, “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king and then to return.
Luke 19:13 - He called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas, and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’
Luke 19:14 - “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us.’
Luke 19:15 - “At his return, having received the authority to be king, he summoned those servants he had given the money to, so that he could find out how much they had made in business.
Luke 19:16 - The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten more minas.’
Luke 19:17 - “‘Well done, good servant! ’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over ten towns.’
Luke 19:18 - “The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
Luke 19:19 - “So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’
Luke 19:20 - “And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it safe in a cloth
Luke 19:21 - because I was afraid of you since you’re a harsh man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’
Luke 19:22 - “He told him, ‘I will condemn you by what you have said, you evil servant! If you knew I was a harsh man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,
Luke 19:23 - why, then, didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest.’
Luke 19:24 - So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
Luke 19:25 - “But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’
Luke 19:26 - “‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.
Luke 19:27 - But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.’”
Mark 13:34 - “It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his servants, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.
1 Peter 4:9 - Be hospitable to one another without complaining.
1 Peter 4:10 - Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
1 Peter 4:11 - If anyone speaks, let it be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, let it be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

逐节对照

交叉引用

Christian Standard Bible - “For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
新标点和合本 - “天国又好比一个人要往外国去，就叫了仆人来，把他的家业交给他们，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “天国又好比一个人要出外远行，就叫了仆人来，把他的家业交给他们。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “天国又好比一个人要出外远行，就叫了仆人来，把他的家业交给他们。
当代译本 - “天国就像一个人即将远行，他召来自己的奴仆，把产业托付给他们，
圣经新译本 - “天国又像一个人要出外远行，就叫自己的仆人来，把产业交给他们。
中文标准译本 - “天国又好比一个人要出外旅行，就叫来自己的奴仆们，把他所拥有的交托给他们。
现代标点和合本 - “天国又好比一个人要往外国去，就叫了仆人来，把他的家业交给他们，
和合本（拼音版） - “天国又好比一个人要往外国去，就叫了仆人来，把他的家业交给他们，
New International Version - “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.
New International Reader's Version - “Again, here is what the kingdom of heaven will be like. A man was going on a journey. He sent for his slaves and put them in charge of his money.
English Standard Version - “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
New Living Translation - “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone.
The Message - “It’s also like a man going off on an extended trip. He called his servants together and delegated responsibilities. To one he gave five thousand dollars, to another two thousand, to a third one thousand, depending on their abilities. Then he left. Right off, the first servant went to work and doubled his master’s investment. The second did the same. But the man with the single thousand dug a hole and carefully buried his master’s money.
New American Standard Bible - “For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.
New King James Version - “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
Amplified Bible - “For it is just like a man who was about to take a journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his possessions.
American Standard Version - For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
King James Version - For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
New English Translation - “For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.
World English Bible - “For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.
新標點和合本 - 「天國又好比一個人要往外國去，就叫了僕人來，把他的家業交給他們，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「天國又好比一個人要出外遠行，就叫了僕人來，把他的家業交給他們。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「天國又好比一個人要出外遠行，就叫了僕人來，把他的家業交給他們。
當代譯本 - 「天國就像一個人即將遠行，他召來自己的奴僕，把產業託付給他們，
聖經新譯本 - “天國又像一個人要出外遠行，就叫自己的僕人來，把產業交給他們。
呂振中譯本 - 『就像一個人要出外去，叫了他的奴僕來，把資財交給他們；
中文標準譯本 - 「天國又好比一個人要出外旅行，就叫來自己的奴僕們，把他所擁有的交託給他們。
現代標點和合本 - 「天國又好比一個人要往外國去，就叫了僕人來，把他的家業交給他們，
文理和合譯本 - 又如一人將往他方、召其僕以家資付之、
文理委辦譯本 - 又如一人、將往異地、召僕以所有者予之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 又如一人將往異地、召僕、以家貲付之、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 昔有人焉、將遠行、召其諸僕、託以家貲、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »El reino de los cielos será también como un hombre que, al emprender un viaje, llamó a sus siervos y les encargó sus bienes.
현대인의 성경 - “또 하늘 나라는 여행을 떠나면서 종들을 불러 자기 재산을 맡긴 사람과 같다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Тогда будет, как у того человека, который, отправляясь в далекое путешествие, созвал своих слуг и поручил им свое имущество.
Восточный перевод - – Тогда будет, как у того человека, который, отправляясь в далёкое путешествие, созвал своих рабов и поручил им своё имущество.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Тогда будет, как у того человека, который, отправляясь в далёкое путешествие, созвал своих рабов и поручил им своё имущество.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Тогда будет, как у того человека, который, отправляясь в далёкое путешествие, созвал своих рабов и поручил им своё имущество.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il en sera comme d’un homme qui partit pour un voyage : il convoqua ses serviteurs et leur confia l’administration de ses biens.
リビングバイブル - 天の御国はまた、他国へ出かけたある人のようです。彼は出発前に、使用人たちを呼び、『さあ、元手をやるから、これで留守中に商売をしなさい』と、それぞれにお金を預けました。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος ἀποδημῶν ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς ἰδίους δούλους καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὥσπερ γὰρ ἄνθρωπος ἀποδημῶν, ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς ἰδίους δούλους, καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ.
Nova Versão Internacional - “E também será como um homem que, ao sair de viagem, chamou seus servos e confiou-lhes os seus bens.
Hoffnung für alle - »Es wird dann so sein wie bei einem Mann, der vorhatte, ins Ausland zu reisen. Er rief alle seine Verwalter zusammen und vertraute ihnen sein Vermögen an. Sie sollten während seiner Abwesenheit gut damit wirtschaften.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Nước Trời cũng giống trường hợp người chủ sắp lên đường viễn du, gọi các đầy tớ vào, ủy thác cho họ tài sản mình.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “และอาณาจักรสวรรค์ยังเปรียบเหมือนชายคนหนึ่งจะออกเดินทาง จึงเรียกคนรับใช้มามอบหมายทรัพย์สินให้ดูแล
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และยังเปรียบเสมือนชายคนหนึ่งที่ออกเดินทางไป เขาเรียกบรรดาผู้รับใช้มาเพื่อให้ดูแลทรัพย์สมบัติของเขา

Luke 20:9 - Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.
1 Corinthians 3:5 - What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.
Romans 12:6 - According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts: If prophecy, use it according to the proportion of one’s faith;
Romans 12:7 - if service, use it in service; if teaching, in teaching;
Romans 12:8 - if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity; leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness.
Matthew 21:33 - “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
Matthew 25:14 - “For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
Matthew 25:15 - To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent, depending on each one’s ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately
Matthew 25:16 - the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more.
Matthew 25:17 - In the same way the man with two earned two more.
Matthew 25:18 - But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
Matthew 25:19 - “After a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
Matthew 25:20 - The man who had received five talents approached, presented five more talents, and said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I’ve earned five more talents.’
Matthew 25:21 - “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’
Matthew 25:22 - “The man with two talents also approached. He said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. See, I’ve earned two more talents.’
Matthew 25:23 - “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’
Matthew 25:24 - “The man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a harsh man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.
Matthew 25:25 - So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’
Matthew 25:26 - “His master replied to him, ‘You evil, lazy servant! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered,
Matthew 25:27 - then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and I would have received my money back with interest when I returned.
Matthew 25:28 - “‘So take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.
Matthew 25:29 - For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Matthew 25:30 - And throw this good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
1 Corinthians 4:1 - A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God.
1 Corinthians 4:2 - In this regard, it is required that managers be found faithful.
Luke 16:1 - Now he said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.
Luke 16:2 - So he called the manager in and asked, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.’
Luke 16:3 - “Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.
Luke 16:4 - I know what I’ll do so that when I’m removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
Luke 16:5 - “So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master? ’ he asked the first one.
Luke 16:6 - “‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said. “‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
Luke 16:7 - “Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe?’ “‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said. “‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write eighty.’
Luke 16:8 - “The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of light in dealing with their own people.
Luke 16:9 - And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.
Luke 16:10 - Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.
Luke 16:11 - So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with what is genuine?
Luke 16:12 - And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what is your own?
Ephesians 4:11 - And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
1 Corinthians 12:4 - Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:7 - A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good:
1 Corinthians 12:8 - to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:9 - to another, faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:10 - to another, the performing of miracles, to another, prophecy, to another, distinguishing between spirits, to another, different kinds of tongues, to another, interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:11 - One and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as he wills.
1 Corinthians 12:12 - For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body — so also is Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:13 - For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body — whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free — and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
1 Corinthians 12:14 - Indeed, the body is not one part but many.
1 Corinthians 12:15 - If the foot should say, “Because I’m not a hand, I don’t belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:16 - And if the ear should say, “Because I’m not an eye, I don’t belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:17 - If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
1 Corinthians 12:18 - But as it is, God has arranged each one of the parts in the body just as he wanted.
1 Corinthians 12:19 - And if they were all the same part, where would the body be?
1 Corinthians 12:20 - As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
1 Corinthians 12:21 - The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” Or again, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”
1 Corinthians 12:22 - On the contrary, those parts of the body that are weaker are indispensable.
1 Corinthians 12:23 - And those parts of the body that we consider less honorable, we clothe these with greater honor, and our unrespectable parts are treated with greater respect,
1 Corinthians 12:24 - which our respectable parts do not need. Instead, God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the less honorable,
1 Corinthians 12:25 - so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other.
1 Corinthians 12:26 - So if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12:27 - Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.
1 Corinthians 12:28 - And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, leading, various kinds of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:29 - Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all do miracles?
Luke 19:12 - Therefore he said, “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king and then to return.
Luke 19:13 - He called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas, and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’
Luke 19:14 - “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us.’
Luke 19:15 - “At his return, having received the authority to be king, he summoned those servants he had given the money to, so that he could find out how much they had made in business.
Luke 19:16 - The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten more minas.’
Luke 19:17 - “‘Well done, good servant! ’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over ten towns.’
Luke 19:18 - “The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
Luke 19:19 - “So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’
Luke 19:20 - “And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it safe in a cloth
Luke 19:21 - because I was afraid of you since you’re a harsh man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’
Luke 19:22 - “He told him, ‘I will condemn you by what you have said, you evil servant! If you knew I was a harsh man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,
Luke 19:23 - why, then, didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest.’
Luke 19:24 - So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
Luke 19:25 - “But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’
Luke 19:26 - “‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.
Luke 19:27 - But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.’”
Mark 13:34 - “It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his servants, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.
1 Peter 4:9 - Be hospitable to one another without complaining.
1 Peter 4:10 - Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
1 Peter 4:11 - If anyone speaks, let it be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, let it be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.