Bible Cross References
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Matthew 24:45
"Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master appointed over his household, to give them food in due season?
Matthew 25:14-30
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"For [it is] as [if] a man leaving on a journey, who called his own servants and handed over his possessions to them.
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And to the one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
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Then the [one] receiving the five talents went and traded with them, and made five other talents.
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And likewise the [one receiving the] two gained two more also.
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But the [one] receiving one went away and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money.
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Then after much time, the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
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And the [one] who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I gained five more talents besides them.'
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"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
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"And also the [one] receiving the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.'
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"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
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"Then the [one] having received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
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And being afraid, I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you have what is yours.'
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"But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter.
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Therefore you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what is mine with interest.
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Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
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For to everyone who has, [more] shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but to him who does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
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And cast the useless servant into the darkness outside. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Luke 19:12-17
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Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
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And having called ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business till I come.'
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But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'
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And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, that he commanded those servants to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, so that he might know who gained what by trading.
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Then came the first, saying, 'Master, your mina has earned ten minas.'
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And he said to him, 'Well [done], good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'
and to
Romans 12:4-8
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For just as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,
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so we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
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Having then gifts differing according to the grace having been given to us, [let us use them]: whether prophecy, [let us prophecy] according to the proportion of faith;
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whether ministry, [let us use it] in our ministry; whether teaching; in the teaching;
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whether exhorting, in the exhortation; whether sharing, with simplicity; whether leading, with diligence; whether showing mercy, with cheerfulness.
Romans 13:6
For on account of this you also pay taxes, for they are ministers of God, always giving attention to this very thing.
1 Corinthians 3:5-10
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Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord has given to each one?
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I planted, Apollos watered, but God gives the increase.
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So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
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Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
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For we are coworkers with God; you are God's field, you are God's building.
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According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise architect I have laid the foundation, but another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.
1 Corinthians 12:4-31
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Now there are varieties of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit.
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And there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord.
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And there are varieties of activities, but the same God works all in all.
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But to each [one] the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the profit [of all).
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For to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another a word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
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and to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
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to another the working of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another discerning of spirits, and to another [different] kinds of tongues, and to another interpretation of tongues.
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But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
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For just as the body is one and has many parts, but all the parts of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
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For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free--and we were all given to drink into one Spirit.
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For in fact the body is not one part but many.
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If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?
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And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body," is it therefore not of the body?
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If the whole body [were] an eye, where [would be] the hearing? If the whole [were] hearing, where [would be] the smelling?
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But now God has set the parts, each one of them, in the body just as He desired.
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And if all [parts] were one part, where [would be] the body?
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But now indeed there [are] many parts, but one body.
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And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."
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But to a greater degree the parts of the body which seem weaker are necessary.
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And [the parts] of the body which we consider to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater propriety.
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But our presentable [parts] have no need. But God united the body, giving greater honor to the [part] being inferior,
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lest there be divisions in the body, but the parts care the same for one another.
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And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together; or if one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together.
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Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
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And [those] whom God has appointed in the church [are]: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.
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All [are] not apostles, [are they]? All [are] not prophets, [are they]? Are all teachers? [Are] all [workers of] miracles?
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Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
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But strive for the better gifts. And yet I make known a more excellent way.
1 Corinthians 15:58
So then, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Colossians 3:24
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. For you serve the Lord Christ.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, provide to your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in [the] heavens.
and commanded
Ezekiel 3:17-21
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I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel; and you shall hear a word from My mouth, and shall threaten them from Me.
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When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you have not warned him, to give warning to the wicked, to turn from his ways, that he should live; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.
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But if you warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, and from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, and you shall deliver your soul.
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And when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits a trespass, and I shall bring punishment before him, he shall die, because you did not warn him: he shall even die in his sins, because his righteousness shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
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But if you warn the righteous not to sin, and he sin not, the righteous shall surely live, because you have warned him; and you shall deliver your own soul.
Ezekiel 33:2-9
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Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and you shall say to them, On whatsoever land I shall bring a sword, and the people of the land take a man from their territory, and set him for their watchman,
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and he shall see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and sound an alarm to the people;
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and he that hears the sound of the trumpet shall hear, and [yet] not take heed, and the sword shall come upon him, and overtake him, his blood shall be upon his [own] head.
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Because he heard the sound of the trumpet, and took no heed, his blood shall be upon him. But the other, because he took heed, has delivered his soul.
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But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not sound the trumpet, and the people do not watch; and the sword comes, and takes a soul from among them, that [soul] is taken because of its iniquity; but the blood [thereof] will I require at the watchman' hand.
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And you, son of man, I have set you [as] a watchman for the house of Israel, and you shall hear a word from My mouth.
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When I say to the sinner, You shall surely die; [if] you speak not to warn the wicked from his way, the wicked himself shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.
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But if you forewarn the wicked of his way, to turn from it, and he turn not from his way, he shall die in his ungodliness; but you have delivered your own soul.
Matthew 24:45-47
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"Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master appointed over his household, to give them food in due season?
46
Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.
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Assuredly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his possessions.
Luke 12:36-40
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and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks, immediately they may open to him.
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Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly I say to you, that he will gird himself and have them recline [to eat], and he will come and serve them.
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And if he comes in the second watch, or comes in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.
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But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch, and not allowed his house to be broken into.
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Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour that you think not, the Son of Man comes."
Acts 20:29-31
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For I know this, that savage wolves will come in after my departure, not sparing the flock.
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Also from among you yourselves will arise men speaking things having been distorted, [in order] to draw away the disciples after them.
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Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years, night and day I did not cease, with tears, exhorting each one.
the porter
Matthew 16:19
And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on the earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on the earth will have been loosed in heaven."
John 10:3
To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and he leads them out.
Revelation 3:7
"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, 'These things says the Holy [One], the True [One], " He who has the key of David, He that opens and no man shuts, except He that opens, and no man shall open."