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Matthew 25
25So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground.
See, here is what belongs to you.' 26"His master replied, 'You
wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and
gather where I have not scattered seed? 27Well then, you should have
put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have
received it back with interest. 28" 'Take the talent from him
and give it to the one who has the ten talents. 29For everyone who
has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have,
even what he has will be taken from him. 30And throw that worthless
servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.'
Proverbs 18
16 A gift opens the way for the giver and ushers him into the
presence of the great.
Romans 11
29for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable.
Romans 12
6We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a
man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. 7If
it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8if
it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of
others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently;
if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
Luke 12
48But the one who does not know and does things deserving
punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much,
much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much
more will be asked.