Bible verses about "talent" | CLV

³ I shall fill him with the spirit of Elohim, with wisdom and with understanding and with knowledge, in all work, ⁴ to design designs, to make them in gold, in silver and in copper, ⁵ and as a lapidary for filling and as an artificer in wood for making all kind of work.

⁴ And there is a word of Yahweh unto me, saying, ⁵ `Before I form you in the belly, I have known you; and before you come forth from the womb I have separated you, a prophet to nations I have made you.'" <sup>6</sup> And I say, `Ah, Lord Yahweh! lo, I have not known--to speak, for I [am] a youth.'" ⁷ And Yahweh said unto me, `Do not say, I [am] a youth, for to all to whom I send you you go, and all that I command you you speak." <sup>8</sup> Be not afraid of their faces, for with you [am] I to deliver you, --an affirmation of Yahweh.'" <sup>9</sup> And Yahweh puts forth His hand, and strikes against my mouth, and Yahweh said unto me, `Lo, I have put my words in your mouth." ¹⁰ See, I have charged you this day concerning the nations, and concerning the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.'" ¹¹ And there is a word of Yahweh unto me, saying, `What are you seeing, Jeremiah?' And I say, `A rod of an almond tree I am seeing.'" ¹² And Yahweh said unto me, `You have well seen:for I am watching over My word to do it.'" <sup>13</sup> And there is a word of Yahweh unto me a second time, saying, `What are you seeing?' And I say, `A blown pot I am seeing, and its face [is] from the north.'" <sup>14</sup> And Yahweh said unto me, `From the north is the evil loosed against all inhabitants of the land." ¹⁵ For, lo, I am calling for all families of the kingdoms of the north, --an affirmation of Yahweh--and they have come, and put each his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and by its walls round about, and by all cities of Judah." ¹⁶ And I have spoken My judgments with them concerning all their evil, in that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other elohims, and bow themselves to the works of their own hands." ¹⁷ `And you, you do gird up your loins, and have arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command you:be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright you before them." ¹⁸ And I, lo, I have given you this day for a fenced city, and for an iron pillar, and for brazen walls over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to its heads, to its priests, and to the people of the land;" ¹⁹ and they have fought against you, and they prevail not against you; for with you [am] I, --an affirmation of Yahweh--to deliver you."

¹ Yet take heed not to be doing your righteousness in front of men, in order to be gazed at by them, otherwise surely you have no wages with your Father Who is in the heavens." ² Whenever, then, you may be doing alms, you should not be trumpeting in front of you, even as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they should be glorified by men. Verily, I am saying to you, They are collecting their wages!" ³ Yet you, doing alms, let not your left hand know what your right is doing, ⁴ so that your alms may be in hiding, and your Father, Who is observing in hiding, will be paying you." ⁵ And whenever you may be praying, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they are fond of standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the squares to be praying, so that they may appear to men. Verily, I am saying to you, They are collecting their wages!" ⁶ Now you, whenever you may be praying, enter into your storeroom, and, locking your door, pray to your Father Who is in hiding, and your Father, Who is observing in hiding, will be paying you." ⁷ Now, in praying, you should not use useless repetitions even as those of the nations. For they are supposing that they will be hearkened to in their loquacity." ⁸ Do not, then, be like them, for aware is God, your Father, of what you have need before you request Him." ⁹ Thus, then, you be praying: 'Our Father Who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name." ¹⁰ Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, on earth also." ¹¹ Our bread, our dole, be giving us today." ¹² And remit to us our debts, as we also remit those of our debtors." ¹³ And mayest Thou not be bringing us into trial, but rescue us from the wicked one.'" ¹⁴ For if you should be forgiving men their offenses, your heavenly Father also will be forgiving you." ¹⁵ Yet if you should not be forgiving men their offenses, neither will your Father be forgiving your offenses." ¹⁶ Now whenever you may be fasting, become not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance, for they disguise their faces so that they may appear to men to be fasting. Verily, I am saying to you: They are collecting their wages." ¹⁷ Now you, when fasting, rub your head with oil and wash your face, ¹⁸ so that you may not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father Who is in hiding, and your Father, Who is observing in hiding, will be paying you." ¹⁹ Do not hoard for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and corrosion are causing them to disappear, and where thieves are tunneling and stealing." ²⁰ Yet hoard for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor corrosion are causing them to disappear, and where thieves are not tunneling nor stealing;" ²¹ for wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be also." ²² The lamp of the body is your eye. If, then, your eye should be single, your whole body will be luminous." ²³ Yet if your eye should be wicked, your whole body will be dark. If, then, the light that is in you is darkness, how dense is the darkness!" ²⁴ Now no one can be slaving for two lords, for either he will be hating the one and loving the other, or will be upholding one and despising the other. You can not be slaving for God and mammon." ²⁵ Therefore I am saying to you, Do not worry about you soul, what you may be eating, or what you may be drinking, nor yet about your body, what you should be putting on. Is not the soul more than nourishment, and the body than apparel? ²⁶ Look at the flying creatures of heaven, that they are not sowing, neither are they reaping, nor are they gathering into barns, and your heavenly Father is nourishing them. Are not you of more consequence than they? ²⁷ Now who of you by worrying is able to add on to his stature one cubit? ²⁸ And why are you worrying about apparel? Study the anemones of the field, how they are growing. Not toiling are they, nor yet are they spinning." ²⁹ Yet I am saying to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these. ³⁰ Now if the grass of the field, which is today, and tomorrow is cast into the stove, God thus is garbing; not much rather you, scant of faith? ³¹ You, then, should not be worrying, saying, 'What may we be eating?' or 'What may we be drinking?' or 'With what may we be clothed?'" ³² For for all these the nations are seeking. For aware is your heavenly Father that you need all of these. ³³ Yet seek first the kingdom and its righteousness, and these all shall be added to you." ³⁴ You should not, then, be worrying about the morrow, for the morrow will be worrying of itself. Sufficient for the day is its own evil."

¹⁴ Let all your actions occur in love!

¹⁰ Everyone wise of heart among you shall come and make all that Yahweh has instructed:

¹⁴ You are the light of the world. A city located upon a mountain can not be hid. ¹⁵ Neither are they burning a lamp and placing it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it is shining to all those in the house. ¹⁶ Thus let shine your light in front of men, so that they may perceive your ideal acts and should glorify your Father Who is in the heavens.

¹⁰ Each, according as he obtained a gracious gift, be dispensing it among yourselves, as ideal administrators of the varied grace of God;"

¹⁷ All good giving and every perfect gratuity is from above, descending from the Father of lights, in Whom there is no mutation or shadow from revolving motion."

¹⁴ For it is even as a man traveling. He calls his own slaves and gives over to them his possessions. ¹⁵ And to one, indeed, he gives five talents, yet to one, two, yet to one, one; to each according to his own ability. And he travels immediately." ¹⁶ Now, being gone, the one getting the five talents trades with them and gains another five talents." ¹⁷ Similarly, also, the one with the two; he also gains another two." ¹⁸ Yet the one getting the one talent, coming away, excavates in the earth and hides his lord's silver." ¹⁹ Now, after much time, the lord of those slaves is coming and settling accounts with them." ²⁰ And, approaching, the one getting the five talents brings to him another five talents, saying, 'Lord, five talents you give over to me, Lo! another five talents do I gain with them.'" ²¹ Now his lord averred to him, 'Well done! good and faithful slave. Over a few were you faithful; over many will I place you. Enter into the joy of your lord!'" ²² Now, approaching, the one also getting the two talents said, 'Lord, two talents you give over to me, Lo! another two talents I gain with them.'" ²³ His lord averred to him, 'Well done! good and faithful slave. Over a few were you faithful; over many will I place you. Enter into the joy of your lord!'" ²⁴ Now, approaching, the one also having gotten the one talent, said, 'Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you do not sow, and gathering whence you do not scatter." ²⁵ And, being afraid, coming away, I hide your talent in the earth. Lo! you have what is yours!'" ²⁶ Now, answering, his lord said to him, 'Wicked and slothful slave! You were aware that I am reaping where I do not sow, and gathering whence I do not scatter." ²⁷ It was binding on you, then, to be depositing my silver with the bankers, and on coming, I should recover what is mine together with interest." ²⁸ Take the talent away from him then, and give it to the one who has ten talents.'" ²⁹ For to everyone who has shall be given, and he shall have a superfluity, yet from the one who has not, that also which he has shall be taken away from him;" ³⁰ and the useless slave cast out into outer darkness. there shall be lamentation and gnashing of teeth.

⁶ Now, having graces excelling, in accord with the grace which is given to us, whether prophecy, exercise it in accord with the analogy of the faith;"