Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

Bible References

As

Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
Mark 13:34
it is as a man gone out of the country, having left his house and given to his bondmen the authority, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.
Luke 19:12
He said therefore, A certain high-born man went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.
Luke 20:9
And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.

And delivered

Luke 16:1
And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and he was accused to him as wasting his goods.
Romans 12:6
But having different gifts, according to the grace which has been given to us, whether it be prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.
1 Corinthians 4:1
Let a man so account of us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1 Corinthians 12:4
But there are distinctions of gifts, but the same Spirit;
Ephesians 4:11
and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
1 Peter 4:9
hospitable one to another, without murmuring;