Matthew 25:16

The Parable Of The Talents

¹⁵ To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one. He assigned according to the servants' ability. Then he went on his journey. ¹⁶ Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents. ¹⁷ In like manner, he who received the two gained another two.

The Twelve

2 Samuel 7:1-3

King David was settled in his palace. Jehovah kept him safe from all his enemies.

1 Chronicles 13:1-3

David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

1 Chronicles 22:1-19

David said: The house of Jehovah God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:2-17

King David stood there and said: Listen to me relatives (brothers and sisters) and subjects. I had my heart set on building the Temple where the Ark of Jehovah's Covenant could be placed. This Temple will be a stool for our God's feet, and I have made preparations to build it.

2 Chronicles 1:9-10

O Jehovah my God, fulfill the promise you made to my father David. You have made me king over a people, who are so many that they cannot be counted.

2 Chronicles 15:8-15

Asa heard the prophet Oded's words of prophecy. He was encouraged and put away the detestable idols from all of Judah, Benjamin, and the cities he had captured in the mountains of Ephraim. He also repaired Jehovah's altar in front of Jehovah's entrance hall.

2 Chronicles 17:3-9

Jehovah blessed Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father's early life and did not worship Baal.

2 Chronicles 19:4-10

While Jehoshaphat was living in Jerusalem, he regularly went to the people between Beersheba and the mountains of Ephraim. He brought the people back to Jehovah the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 31:20-21

This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and right and true to Jehovah his God.

2 Chronicles 33:15-16

Manasseh also removed the foreign gods and the idol in Jehovah's Temple. He eliminated the altars he had built in the Temple on Jehovah's mountain and in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:1-33

Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He was king for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 5:14-19

From the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, my servants and I have never taken the food that was the right of the ruler.

Isaiah 23:18

The money she earns by commerce will be dedicated to Jehovah. She will not store it away, but those who worship Jehovah will use her money to buy the food and the clothing they need.

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your guardians. Their princesses will be your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth. They will lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Jehovah. Those who hopefully wait for me will not be put to shame.

Isaiah 60:5-16

Then you will see this and rejoice. Your heart will shake with joy. The riches of the sea will be brought to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you.

Acts 13:36

After David served his own generation by doing the will of God he died and was buried with his fathers. His body decayed.

Romans 15:18-19

I will not dare to speak of any of those things that Christ has not accomplished through me. I will lead the nations to obey God in word and deed.

1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Though I preach the good news I do not brag about it. Preaching the good news is my duty (obligation) and I must do it! It would be terrible if I did not preach the good news!

1 Corinthians 15:10

By the divine influence of God I am what I am. His grace was not given to me in vain for I labored more than all of them. Yet it was not I. It was the divine influence and favor of God in me.

1 Timothy 6:17-18

Command those who are rich in this present system not to be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

2 Timothy 2:6

The hard-working farmer should be first to receive his share of the crops.

2 Timothy 4:5-8

Be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist (preacher of the good news), and fulfill your ministry.

3 John 1:5-8

Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you do for the brothers and strangers.