Matthew 25:14 Cross References

Matthew 25:14

14: "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a trip. He called together his servants and gave them money to invest for him while he was gone.

1 Peter 4:9

  1. Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.
  2. God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God's generosity can flow through you.
  3. Are you called to be a speaker? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Are you called to help others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then God will be given glory in everything through Jesus Christ. All glory and power belong to him forever and ever. Amen.

Luke 19:12

  1. He said, "A nobleman was called away to a distant empire to be crowned king and then return.
  2. Before he left, he called together ten servants and gave them ten pounds of silver to invest for him while he was gone.
  3. But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say they did not want him to be their king.
  4. "When he returned, the king called in the servants to whom he had given the money. He wanted to find out what they had done with the money and what their profits were.
  5. The first servant reported a tremendous gain--ten times as much as the original amount!

Mark 13:34

  1. "The coming of the Son of Man can be compared with that of a man who left home to go on a trip. He gave each of his employees instructions about the work they were to do, and he told the gatekeeper to watch for his return.

Ephesians 4:11

  1. He is the one who gave these gifts to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.

1 Corinthians 12:4

  1. Now there are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but it is the same Holy Spirit who is the source of them all.

1 Corinthians 4:1

  1. So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God's secrets.
  2. Now, a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful.

Matthew 25:14

  1. "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a trip. He called together his servants and gave them money to invest for him while he was gone.
  2. He gave five bags of gold to one, two bags of gold to another, and one bag of gold to the last--dividing it in proportion to their abilities--and then left on his trip.
  3. The servant who received the five bags of gold began immediately to invest the money and soon doubled it.
  4. The servant with two bags of gold also went right to work and doubled the money.
  5. But the servant who received the one bag of gold dug a hole in the ground and hid the master's money for safekeeping.

Romans 12:6

  1. God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out when you have faith that God is speaking through you.
  2. If your gift is that of serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, do a good job of teaching.
  3. If your gift is to encourage others, do it! If you have money, share it generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.

1 Corinthians 12:7

  1. A spiritual gift is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church.
  2. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another he gives the gift of special knowledge.
  3. The Spirit gives special faith to another, and to someone else he gives the power to heal the sick.
  4. He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and to another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to know whether it is really the Spirit of God or another spirit that is speaking. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, and another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.
  5. It is the one and only Holy Spirit who distributes these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.

Luke 16:1

  1. Jesus told this story to his disciples: "A rich man hired a manager to handle his affairs, but soon a rumor went around that the manager was thoroughly dishonest.
  2. So his employer called him in and said, 'What's this I hear about your stealing from me? Get your report in order, because you are going to be dismissed.'
  3. "The manager thought to himself, 'Now what? I'm through here, and I don't have the strength to go out and dig ditches, and I'm too proud to beg.
  4. I know just the thing! And then I'll have plenty of friends to take care of me when I leave!'
  5. "So he invited each person who owed money to his employer to come and discuss the situation. He asked the first one, 'How much do you owe him?'

Matthew 21:33

  1. "Now listen to this story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.

1 Corinthians 3:5

  1. Who is Apollos, and who is Paul, that we should be the cause of such quarrels? Why, we're only servants. Through us God caused you to believe. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.

Luke 20:9

  1. Now Jesus turned to the people again and told them this story: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it out to tenant farmers, and moved to another country to live for several years.
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