Bible verses about "stewardship" | Murdock

²⁷ John answered, and said to them: A man cannot take any thing by his own choice, unless it be given him from heaven.

⁴² Jesus said to him: Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will place over all his domestics, to give them their portion in due time? ⁴³ Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. ⁴⁴ Verily I say to you: He will place him over all his possessions. ⁴⁵ But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite the servants and the maidens of his lord; and shall begin to eat and to drink and be drunk; ⁴⁶ the lord of that servant will come in a day he thinketh not, and in an hour he knoweth not, and will cut him in two; and will assign him his portion with them that are unfaithful.

²⁸ For, which of you, wishing to build a tower, doth not first sit down and compute the expense, whether he have the means to complete it?

⁷ For an elder ought to be blameless, as the steward of God; and not be self-willed, nor irascible, nor excessive in wine, nor with hands swift to strike, nor a lover of base gains.

⁷ For we brought nothing into the world; and we know that we can carry nothing out of it. ⁸ Therefore, food and clothing satisfy us.

¹⁷ Charge the rich of this world, that they be not uplifted in their minds; and that they confide not in riches, in which is no security; but in the living God, who giveth us all things abundantly for our comfort: ¹⁸ and that they do good works, and be rich in well-doings; and be ready to give and to communicate: ¹⁹ and that they lay up for themselves a good foundation for that which is future; that they may take hold of real life.

¹¹ If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the reality?

¹⁴ For, as a man that took a journey, called his servants and delivered to them his property; ¹⁵ to one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one: to each, according to his ability: and he immediately departed. ¹⁶ Then he that received five talents, went and traded with them, and gained five more. ¹⁷ And likewise: the one of two talents, by trading gained two more. ¹⁸ But he that received one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. ¹⁹ And after a long time, the lord of those servants came, and received account from them. ²⁰ And he who had received the five talents, came and brought five others; and said, My lord, thou gavest me five talents; behold, I have gained by trading five more to them. ²¹ His lord said to him: Well done! good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful with a little; I will set thee over much: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²² And he of the two talents came, and said: My lord, thou gavest me two talents; behold, I have by trading gained two more to them. ²³ His lord said to him: Well done! good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful with a little; I will set thee over much: enter thou into the Joy of thy lord. ²⁴ And he also that received the one talent, came and said: My lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sowed, and gathering where thou hast not scattered; ²⁵ and I was afraid, and I went and hid thy talent in the earth. Behold, thou hast what is thine. ²⁶ His lord answered, and said to him: Wicked and slothful servant! Thou knewest me, that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered! ²⁷ Thou oughtest to have cast my money into the exchange; and I might have come and demanded my property with its interest. ²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents. ²⁹ For, to him that hath, shall be given, and he shall have more; but from him that hath not, even what he hath shall be taken away. ³⁰ And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

²³ And whatever ye do, do it with your whole soul, as unto our Lord, and not as to men:

⁶ And this I say: He that soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully, shall also reap bountifully. ⁷ Every man, according to his own views, not with sadness, not by constraint: for the Lord loveth a joyous giver.

¹⁰ And let each of you minister to his associates the gift which he hath received from God; as being good stewards of the manifold grace of God.