He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.
Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief;
“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.
And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the stewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty men and all the seasoned warriors.
So they went up to the steward of Joseph's house and spoke with him at the door of the house,
But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
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