Bible Cross References
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Matthew 24:45
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made administrator over his household, to give them food in due season?
Matthew 25:14-30
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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.
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And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on the journey.
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Then he who had received the five talents went and did business with them, and made another five talents.
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And likewise he who had received two, also gained two more.
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But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money.
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After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
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So he who had received five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, Lord, you delivered to me five talents; behold, I have gained another five 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 appoint you administrator over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.
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He also who had received two talents came and said, Lord, you delivered to me two talents; behold, I have gained another two 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 appoint you administrator over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.
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Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
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And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Behold, there 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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So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
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Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
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For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
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And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. There will 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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So he called ten of his servants, delivered to 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 do not desire to have this man reign over us.
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And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained 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.
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Romans 12:4-8
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For 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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But having different gifts according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
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or ministry, in ministering; he who teaches, in teaching;
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he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with simplicity; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
Romans 13:6
For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually 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 believe, as the Lord gave to each one?
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I planted, Apollos watered, but God made it grow.
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So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who causes growth.
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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 God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
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According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.
1 Corinthians 12:4-31
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There are different distributions of gifts, but the same Spirit.
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And there are different distributions of ministries, but the same Lord.
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And there are different distributions of works, but it is the same God who works each and every work.
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But the manifestation is given through the Spirit to each one 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 through the same Spirit,
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to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit,
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to another works of power, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another tongues of nationalities, to another the interpretation of tongues.
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But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
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For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
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For by one Spirit we were all immersed into one body; whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.
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For also the body is not one member 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 members, each one of them, in the body just as He intended.
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And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
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But now indeed there are many members, but yet 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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No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
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And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, we clothe them with greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have abundant elegance,
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but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given more abundant honor to that part which is lacking,
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that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.
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And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
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Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
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And God has placed some in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that works of power, then gifts of healing, helps, governings, tongues of nationalities.
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Not everyone is an apostle are they? Not everyone is a prophet? Not everyone is a teacher? Not everyone is a worker of power?
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Not everyone has gifts of healing? Not everyone speaks with tongues? Not everyone interprets?
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But earnestly desire the more useful gifts. And yet I show you a way according to excellence.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, 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, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in Heaven.
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Ezekiel 3:17-21
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Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear the Word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me:
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When I say to the wicked, You shall die the death, and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
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Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
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Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
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Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall live life because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.
Ezekiel 33:2-9
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Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their borders and make him their watchman,
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when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the shofar and warns the people,
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then whoever listens to hear the sound of the shofar and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head.
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He heard the sound of the shofar, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his soul.
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But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the shofar, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any soul from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity. But his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
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So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the Word from My mouth and warn them from Me.
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When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall die the death! and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
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Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
Matthew 24:45-47
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Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made administrator over his household, to give them food in due season?
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Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.
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Truly, I say to you that he will appoint him as administrator 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, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.
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Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them.
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And if he should come in the second watch, or come 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 what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be dug through.
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Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Acts 20:29-31
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For I know this, that after my departure vicious wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
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Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
31
Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
the porter
Matthew 16:19
And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be, having been bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be, having 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 leads them out.
Revelation 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, These things says He who is holy, He who is true, He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens: