Bible verses about "talent" | Bishops

³ And I haue fylled hym with the spirite of God, in wisedome and vnderstandyng, in knowledge, and in all maner worke ⁴ To fynde out wittie deuises, and to worke in golde, siluer, and in brasse ⁵ And in the craft to set stones, and to carue in tymber, and to worke in all maner workmanship

⁴ The worde of the Lorde spake thus vnto me ⁵ Before I fashioned thee in thy mothers wombe, I dyd knowe thee: and or euer thou wast borne, I sanctified thee, and ordeyned thee to be a prophete vnto the people ⁶ Then sayde I: O Lorde God, I can not speake, for I am yet but young ⁷ And the Lorde aunswered me thus: Say not so, I am to young: for thou shalt go to all that I shall sende thee vnto, and whatsoeuer I commaunde thee, that shalt thou speake ⁸ Be not afrayde of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lorde ⁹ And with that the Lorde stretched out his hande and touched my mouth: and the same Lorde sayde vnto me, Beholde, I put my wordes in thy mouth ¹⁰ And beholde, this day do I set thee ouer the people and kyngdomes, that thou mayest roote out, breake of, destroy, and make waste, and that thou mayest builde vp and plant ¹¹ After this the Lorde spake vnto me, saying: Ieremie, what seest thou? And I sayd, I see a rod of an Almond tree ¹² Then sayde the Lorde vnto me: thou hast seene ryght, for I wyll make haste speedyly vpon my worde to performe it ¹³ It happened afterwarde that the Lorde spake to me agayne, and sayde: what seest thou? and I sayde: I do see a seethyng pot, lokyng from out of the north ¹⁴ Then sayde the Lorde vnto me: Out of the north shall come a plague vpon all the dwellers of the lande ¹⁵ For lo, I wyll call all the kinredes of the kingdomes of the north, saith the Lorde: and they shall come, and euery one shall set his seate in the gates of Hierusalem, and in all their walles rounde about, and in all cities of Iuda ¹⁶ And through them shall I declare my iudgement, vpo all the wickednesse of those men that haue forsaken me, that haue burnt incense vnto straunge gods, and worshipped the workes of their owne handes ¹⁷ And therfore girde vp thy loynes, arise, and tell them all that I geue thee in commaundement: Feare them not, lest I destroy thee before them ¹⁸ For beholde, this day do I make thee a strong fensed towne, an iron pyller, and a brasen wall, agaynst the whole lande, agaynst the kinges and mightie men of Iuda, agaynst the priestes and people of the lande ¹⁹ They shall fight agaynst thee, but they shall not be able to ouercome thee: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lorde

¹ Take heede to your almes, that ye geue it not in the sight of men, to the intente that ye woulde be sene of the, or els ye haue no rewarde of your father, which is in heauen ² Therefore, when thou geuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as hypocrites do, in the synagogues, & in the streates, yt they might be esteemed of me. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward ³ But when thou doest [thyne] almes, let not thy left hande knowe, what thy ryght hande doeth ⁴ That thyne almes may be in secrete: And thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly ⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they loue to stande, praying in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streates, that they may be sene of men. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde ⁶ But when thou prayest, enter into thy chaumber, and when thou hast shut thy dore, pray to thy father, which is in secrete, and thy father which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly ⁷ But when ye pray, babble not much, as the heathen do. For they thynke [it wyl come to passe,] that they shalbe heard, for theyr much bablinges sake ⁸ Be not ye therfore lyke vnto them. For your father knoweth, what thynges ye haue nede of, before ye aske of hym ⁹ After this maner therfore pray ye. O our father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy name ¹⁰ Let thy kyngdome come. Thy wyll be done, as well in earth, as it is in heauen ¹¹ Geue vs this day our dayly breade ¹² And forgeue vs our dettes, as we forgeue our detters ¹³ And leade vs not into temptation, but delyuer vs from euyll. For thyne is the kyngdome, and the power, and the glory, for euer. Amen ¹⁴ For, yf ye forgeue men theyr trespasses, your heauenly father shall also forgeue you ¹⁵ But, yf ye forgeue not men theyr trespasses: no more shall your father, forgeue [you] your trespasses ¹⁶ Moreouer, when ye fast, be not of an heauy countenaunce, as hypocrites are. For they disfigure theyr faces, that they myght appeare vnto men, to fast. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde ¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, annoynt thyne head, and washe thy face ¹⁸ That thou appeare not vnto men, to fast: but vnto thy father, which is in secrete, and thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly ¹⁹ Hoorde not vp for your selues, treasures vpon earth, where the moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake through, and steale ²⁰ But laye vp for you, treasures in heauen, where neyther moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where theeues do not breake through, nor steale ²¹ For, where your treasure is, there wyll your heart be also ²² The lyght of the body, is the eye. Wherfore, yf thyne eye be single, all thy body shalbe full of lyght ²³ But and yf thyne eye be wicked, all thy body shalbe ful of darknesse. Wherfore, yf the lyght that is in thee, be darknesse, howe great is that darknesse ²⁴ No man can serue two maisters. For either he shall hate the one, & loue the other: or els leane to the one, and dispise the other. Ye can not serue God, and mammon ²⁵ Therfore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, or drynke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the lyfe more worth then meate? & the body then rayment ²⁶ Beholde the fowles of the ayre: For they sowe not, neither do they reape, nor cary into the barnes: yet your heauenly father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they ²⁷ Which of you, by takyng of carefull thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature ²⁸ And why care ye for rayment? Learne of the Lylies of the fielde, howe they growe. They weery not [them selues] with labour, neither [do they] spinne ²⁹ And yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his royaltie, was not arayed lyke one of these ³⁰ Wherfore, yf God so clothe the grasse of the fielde, which though it stande to day, is to morowe cast into the ouen: shall he not much more [do] the same for you, O ye of litle fayth ³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eate? or, what shall we drynke? or, wherewith shall we be clothed ³² (For after all these thynges, do the Gentiles seke:) for your heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges ³³ But rather, seke ye first the kyngdome of God, and his ryghteousnesse, and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you ³⁴ Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe. Sufficient vnto the day, is the euyll therof

¹⁴ Let al your thinges be done with loue

¹⁰ And let all them that are wise hearted among you, come and make all that the Lorde hath commaunded

¹⁴ Ye are the lyght of the worlde. A citie that is set on an hyll, can not be hyd ¹⁵ Neyther do men lyght a candell, and put it vnder a busshell: but on a candelsticke, and it geueth lyght vnto all that are in the house ¹⁶ Let your lyght so shyne before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father, whiche is in heauen

¹⁰ As euery man hath receaued the gyft, eue so minister the same one to another, as good ministers of the manifold grace of God

¹⁷ Euery good geuyng, and euery perfect gyft is from aboue, and cometh downe from the father of lyghtes, with who is no variablenes, neither shadow of turnyng

¹⁴ Lykewyse, as a [certayne] man, redy to take his iourney into a straunge countrey, called his owne seruauntes, and delyuered vnto them his goodes ¹⁵ And vnto one, he gaue fyue talentes, to another two, and to another one: to euery man after his habilitie, & strayght way departed ¹⁶ Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes, went, and occupyed with the same, & made [them] other fyue talentes ¹⁷ And lykewyse, he [that receaued] two: he also gayned other two ¹⁸ But he that receaued that one, went and digged in the earth, and hyd his Lordes money ¹⁹ After a long season, the Lorde of those seruauntes commeth, and reckeneth with them ²⁰ And so, he that had receaued fyue talentes, came, and brought other fyue talentes, saying: Lorde, thou delyueredst vnto me fyue talentes, beholde, I haue gayned with them fyue talentes mo ²¹ His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde ²² He also that had receaued two talentes, came, and sayde: Lorde thou delyueredst vnto me two talentes, beholde, I haue wonne two other taletes with them ²³ His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde ²⁴ Then he which had receaued the one talent, came, and saide: Lorde I knew thee, that thou art an harde man, reapyng where thou hast not sowen, & gatheryng where thou hast not strowed ²⁵ And [therfore] was I afrayde, & went and hid thy talent in the earth: loe, there thou hast that thyne is ²⁶ His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed ²⁷ Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage ²⁸ Take therfore the talent from hym, and geue it vnto hym whiche hath ten talentes ²⁹ For vnto euery one that hath, shalbe geuen, and he shall haue aboundaunce: But he that hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that which he hath ³⁰ And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt into vtter darknesse, there shalbe wepyng, and gnasshyng of teeth

⁶ Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes, accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs, yf any man haue the gyft, either prophesie after the measure of fayth