Bible verses about "talent" | BBE

³ And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork, ⁴ To do all sorts of delicate work in gold and silver and brass; ⁵ In cutting stones for framing, and to do every form of woodwork.

⁴ Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁵ Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations. ⁶ Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child. ⁷ But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say. ⁸ Have no fear because of them: for I am with you, to keep you safe, says the Lord. ⁹ Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth: ¹⁰ See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting. ¹¹ Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch of an almond-tree. ¹² Then the Lord said to me, You have seen well: for I keep watch over my word to give effect to it. ¹³ And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north. ¹⁴ Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land. ¹⁵ For see, I will send for all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they will come, everyone placing his high seat at the way into Jerusalem, and against its walls on every side, and against all the towns of Judah. ¹⁶ And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands. ¹⁷ So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them. ¹⁸ For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land. ¹⁹ They will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.

¹ Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. ² When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward. ³ But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does: ⁴ So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. ⁵ And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. ⁶ But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. ⁷ And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words. ⁸ So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him. ⁹ Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. ¹⁰ Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth. ¹¹ Give us this day bread for our needs. ¹² And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us. ¹³ And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One. ¹⁴ For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven. ¹⁵ But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins. ¹⁶ And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. ¹⁷ But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean; ¹⁸ So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. ¹⁹ Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away. ²⁰ But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away: ²¹ For where your wealth is, there will your heart be. ²² The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light. ²³ But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be! ²⁴ No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth. ²⁵ So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing? ²⁶ See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they? ²⁷ And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller? ²⁸ And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread: ²⁹ But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. ³⁰ But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith? ³¹ Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed? ³² Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things: ³³ But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition. ³⁴ Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

¹⁴ Let all you do be done in love.

¹⁰ And let every wise-hearted man among you come and make whatever has been ordered by the Lord;

¹⁴ You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all. ¹⁵ And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house. ¹⁶ Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

¹⁰ Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;

¹⁷ Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

¹⁴ For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property. ¹⁵ And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey. ¹⁶ Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more. ¹⁷ In the same way he who had been given the two got two more. ¹⁸ But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place. ¹⁹ Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them. ²⁰ And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more. ²¹ His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord. ²² And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more. ²³ His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord. ²⁴ And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work: ²⁵ And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours. ²⁶ But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work, ²⁷ Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest? ²⁸ Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents. ²⁹ For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ³⁰ And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

⁶ And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;