Matthew 25:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.›

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  • Luke 19:18-19 : 18 ‹And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.› 19 ‹And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.›
  • Rom 12:6-8 : 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, [let us wait] on [our] ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
  • 2 Cor 8:1-3 : 1 ¶ Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3 For to [their] power, I bear record, yea, and beyond [their] power [they were] willing of themselves;
  • 2 Cor 8:7-8 : 7 ¶ Therefore, as ye abound in every [thing, in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all diligence, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also. 8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
  • 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not.

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    14¶ ‹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.›

    15‹And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.›

    16‹Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made› [them] ‹other five talents.›

    17‹And likewise he that› [had received] ‹two, he also gained other two.›

    18‹But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.›

    19‹After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.›

    20‹And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.›

    21‹His lord said unto him, Well done,› [thou] ‹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.›

  • Matt 25:23-30
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    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.›

    24‹Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:›

    25‹And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo,› [there] ‹thou hast› [that is] ‹thine.›

    26‹His lord answered and said unto him,› [Thou] ‹wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:›

    27‹Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and› [then] ‹at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.›

    28‹Take therefore the talent from him, and give› [it] ‹unto him which hath ten talents.›

    29‹For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.›

    30‹And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.›

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    15‹And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.›

    16‹Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.›

    17‹And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.›

    18‹And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.›

    19‹And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.›

    20‹And another came, saying, Lord, behold,› [here is] ‹thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:›

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    22‹And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,› [thou] ‹wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:›

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    12He said therefore, ‹A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.›

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