Verse 22

‹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.›

Referenced Verses

• 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.