Verse 17
Likewise also, he that receiued two, he also gained other two.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 18:19 : 19 For I knowe him that he will commande his sonnes and his houshold after him, that they keepe the way of the Lord, to doe righteousnesse and iudgement, that the Lord may bring vpon Abraham that he hath spoken vnto him.
- 2 Sam 19:32 : 32 Nowe Barzillai was a very aged man, euen fourescore yeere olde, and he had prouided the king of sustenance, while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a man of very great substance.
- 1 Kgs 18:3-4 : 3 And Ahab called Obadiah the gouernour of his house: (and Obadiah feared God greatly: 4 For when Iezebel destroyed the Prophets of the Lorde, Obadiah tooke an hundreth Prophets, and hid them, by fiftie in a caue, and he fed them with bread and water.)
- 2 Kgs 4:8-9 : 8 And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread. 9 And she sayde vnto her husband, Beholde, I know now, that this is an holy man of God that passeth by vs continually. 10 Let vs make him a litle chamber, I pray thee, with walles, & let vs set him there a bed, and a table, and a stoole, and a candlesticke, that hee may turne in thither when hee commeth to vs.
- Job 29:11-17 : 11 And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me. 12 For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce. 14 I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne. 15 I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame. 16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently. 17 I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
- Job 31:16-22 : 16 If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile, 17 Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof, 18 (For from my youth hee hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue bene a guide vnto her) 19 If I haue seene any perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering, 20 If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe, 21 If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate, 22 Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, & mine arme be broken from the bone.
- Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honour the Lorde with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase. 10 So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.
- Eccl 11:1-6 : 1 Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it. 2 Giue a portion to seuen, & also to eight: for thou knowest not what euill shalbe vpon ye earth. 3 If the clouds be full, they wil powre forth raine vpon the earth: and if the tree doe fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shalbe. 4 He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape. 5 As thou knowest not which is ye way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all. 6 In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe a like good.
- Mark 14:3-8 : 3 And when hee was in Bethania in the house of Simon the leper, as he sate at table, there came a woman hauing a boxe of oyntment of spikenarde, very costly, and shee brake the boxe, and powred it on his head. 4 Therefore some disdained among themselues, and sayde, To what ende is this waste of oyntment? 5 For it might haue bene sold for more then three hundreth pence, and bene giuen vnto the poore, and they murmured against her. 6 But Iesus saide, Let her alone: why trouble yee her? Shee hath wrought a good worke on me. 7 For yee haue the poore with you alwaies, and when yee will yee may doe them good, but me yee shall not haue alwaies. 8 She hath done that she coulde: she came afore hand to anoynt my body to the burying.
- Acts 9:36-39 : 36 There was also at Ioppa a certaine woman, a disciple named Tabitha (which by interpretation is called Dorcas) she was full of good workes and almes which she did. 37 And it came to passe in those dayes, that she was sicke & dyed: and when they had washed her, they layd her in an vpper chamber. 38 Now forasmuch as Lydda was nere to Ioppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent vnto him two men, desiring that he would not delay to come vnto them. 39 Then Peter arose and came with them: and when hee was come, they brought him into the vpper chamber, where all the widowes stoode by him weeping, and shewing the coates and garments, which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
- Acts 10:2 : 2 A deuoute man, and one that feared God with all his housholde, which gaue much almes to the people, and prayed God continually.
- Acts 11:29-30 : 29 Then the disciples, euery man according to his habilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iudea. 30 Which thing they also did, and sent it to the Elders, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
- 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there be first a willing minde, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
- 2 Cor 9:11-14 : 11 That on all partes yee may bee made rich vnto all liberalitie, which causeth through vs thanksgiuing vnto God. 12 For the ministration of this seruice not onely supplieth the necessities of the Saintes, but also aboundantly causeth many to giue thankes to God, 13 (Which by the experiment of this ministration praise God for your voluntarie submission to the Gospell of Christ, and for your liberall distribution to them, and to all men) 14 And in their praier for you, to log after you greatly, for the aboundant grace of God in you.
- Gal 6:9-9 : 9 Let vs not therefore be weary of well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not. 10 While we haue therefore time, let vs doe good vnto all men, but specially vnto them, which are of the housholde of faith.
- Eph 5:16 : 16 Redeeming ye season: for ye daies are euill.
- Col 4:17 : 17 And say to Archippus, Take heede to the ministerie, that thou hast receiued in the Lorde, that thou fulfill it.
- 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 And well reported of for good woorkes: if shee haue nourished her children, if shee haue lodged the strangers, if shee haue washed the Saintes feete, if shee haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersitie, if shee were continually giuen vnto euery good woorke.
- 2 Tim 1:16-18 : 16 The Lord giue mercie vnto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chaine, 17 But when he was at Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. 18 The Lord graunt vnto him, that he may finde mercie with the Lorde at that day, and in howe many things he hath ministred vnto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
- Heb 6:10-11 : 10 For God is not vnrighteous, that hee should forget your worke, and labour of loue, which ye shewed toward his Name, in that ye haue ministred vnto the Saints, and yet minister. 11 And we desire that euery one of you shew the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende,
- 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 Let euery man as hee hath receiued the gift, minister the same one to another, as good disposers of the manifolde grace of God.