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.

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.

So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, Do business till I come.

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;

he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with simplicity; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

There are different distributions of gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are different distributions of works, but it is the same God who works each and every work.

for to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another a word of knowledge through the same Spirit,

to another works of power, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another tongues of nationalities, to another the interpretation of tongues.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

Then they also will answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who ministered to Him out of their possessions.

But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.

For it seemed good to them, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, it is also their duty to minister to them in carnal things.

Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you;

The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day; and you know very well how many ways he ministered to me at Ephesus.

For God is not unjust, to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made administrator over his household, to give them food in due season?

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

For then there will be great affliction, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his servants, to give them their portion of food at the right time?

He also said to His disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

So he called every one of his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much do you owe my master?

Then he said to another, And how much do you owe? So he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty.

Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

For an overseer must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not prone to anger, not given to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy for money,

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.

There are different distributions of gifts, but the same Spirit.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than every one of them, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

We then, as workers together with Him, also beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,