46 Bible Verses about Talents
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And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his faculty, and straightway took his journey.
For it is like a man travelling into a far country, who called his own slaves and delivered unto them his goods.
For unto every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance, but from him that has not shall be taken away even that which he has.
And so he that had received five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me five talents; behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
And after he was gone, he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same and made another five talents.
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful slave; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
So that having different gifts according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, according to the measure of faith;
unto one hundred talents of silver and to one hundred measures of wheat and to one hundred baths of wine and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
therefore, it was expedient for thee to have put my money to the bankers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest.
therefore, I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast what is thine.
Take, therefore, the talent from him and give it unto him who has ten talents.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him who owed him ten thousand talents.
Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
I weighed, therefore, unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver and silver vessels of one hundred talents and of gold one hundred talents;
And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great store of spices and precious stones; never again did there come such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful slave, thou knewest that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I have not scattered;
and gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents of gold and ten thousand daily wages and ten thousand talents of silver and eighteen thousand talents of brass and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown and gathering where thou hast not scattered;
And having called ten of his slaves, he delivered them ten minas and said unto them, Trade until I come.
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful slave; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Let each one according to the gift that he has received, administer it unto the others, as a good steward of the diverse graces of God.
And Naaman said, If you wish take two talents. And he urged him and bound two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of garments and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bore them before him.
And cast ye the unprofitable slave into the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king, and he said, Thy slave went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside and brought a man unto me and said, Guard this man; if by any means he should get away, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight of which was a talent of gold with the precious stones, and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
Then the lord of that slave was moved with compassion and loosed him and forgave him the debt.
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a napkin,
And he said unto him, Well done, thou good slave; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, thou shalt have authority over ten cities.
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem and condemned the land in one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
And they went to Ophir and brought gold from there, four hundred and twenty talents and brought it to king Solomon.
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels,
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
And, behold, they lifted up a talent of lead, and a woman was sitting in the midst of that ephah.
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Parables » Parables of Christ » Talents
For it is like a man travelling into a far country, who called his own slaves and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his faculty, and straightway took his journey. And after he was gone, he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same and made another five talents. read more.
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained another two. But he that had received one went and dug in the earth and hid his lord's money. And after a long time the lord of those slaves came and reckoned accounts with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me five talents; behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful slave; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful slave; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown and gathering where thou hast not scattered; therefore, I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast what is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful slave, thou knewest that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I have not scattered; therefore, it was expedient for thee to have put my money to the bankers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest. Take, therefore, the talent from him and give it unto him who has ten talents. For unto every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance, but from him that has not shall be taken away even that which he has. And cast ye the unprofitable slave into the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Talents » Of gold
And he made the house of the holy of holies, its length was twenty cubits, according to the breadth of the house, and its breadth was twenty cubits, and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
I weighed, therefore, unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver and silver vessels of one hundred talents and of gold one hundred talents;
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
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And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his faculty, and straightway took his journey.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him who owed him ten thousand talents.
Topics on Talents
Gifts And Talents
Romans 12:6So that having different gifts according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, according to the measure of faith;
Giving, Of Talents
1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes thee to judge? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, what dost thou glory of, as if thou hadst not received it?