Mark 13:34
It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave his slaves authority--to each one his work--and to the doorkeeper he gave orders that he should be on the alert.
John 10:3
For this one the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Ezekiel 3:17-21
"Son of man, I have appointed you [as] a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me.
Ezekiel 33:2-9
"Son of man, speak to {your people}, and you must say to them, 'A land, if I bring over it a sword and the people of the land take a man, one from their number, and they appoint him for them as a watchman,
Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven."
Matthew 24:45-47
"Who then is the faithful and wise slave whom the master has put in charge of his household slaves to give them their food at the right time?
Matthew 25:14-30
For [it is] like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them.
Luke 12:36-40
And you, [be] like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that [when he] comes back and knocks, they can open [the door] for him immediately.
Luke 19:12-17
Therefore he said, "A certain nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
Acts 20:29-31
I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
Romans 12:4-8
For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same function,
Romans 13:6
For because of this you also pay taxes, for [the authorities] are servants of God, busily engaged in this very [thing].
1 Corinthians 3:5-10
Therefore, what is Apollos and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave.
1 Corinthians 12:4-31
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,
1 Corinthians 15:58
So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.
Colossians 3:24
[because you] know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a master in heaven.
Revelation 3:7
"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: "This is what the holy one, the true one, the one who has the key of David, the one who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open, says: