29 Bible Verses about Talents

He gave one five thousand dollars, another two thousand, another one thousand, to each in accordance with his ability. Then he started on his long journey.

"For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them.

But the man who had received the one thousand went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master's money.

For the man who has will have more given to him, even till it overflows, but from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away.

The man who had received the five thousand dollars came up and brought him five thousand more, saying, 'You turned over to me five thousand dollars; here are five thousand more I made.'

The man who had received the five thousand dollars at once went out and invested it, and made five thousand more.

His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

As we have gifts that differ in accordance with the favor God has shown us, if it is that of preaching, let it be done in proportion to our faith;

huge hailstones as heavy as talents fell on men from heaven, and men cursed God for the plague of hail, because the torture of it was severe.

So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest.

In the same way the man who had received the two thousand made two thousand more.

So I was afraid, and went off and buried your thousand dollars in the ground. Here is your money.'

So take the thousand dollars away from him and give it to him who has ten thousand.

And when he began, a man was brought to him who owed him ten million dollars.

So he said to him too, 'Be governor of five cities?

Then the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Master, you turned over to me two thousand dollars; here are two thousand more I made.'

After a long time the master of those slaves came back and settled accounts with them.

His master answered him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed.

Then the man who had received the one thousand came up and said, 'Master, I knew you were a hard man, who reaped where you had not sown, who gathered where you had not threshed.

He called in ten of his slaves and gave them twenty dollars apiece and told them to do business with his money while he was gone.

His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

As all of you have received your spiritual talents, you must keep on using them in serving one another, as good trustees of God's many-sided favor.

for the gracious gifts and call of God are never taken back.

And throw the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness on the outside, where he will weep and grind his teeth.'

And his master's heart was moved with pity, and he let the slave go free with his debt cancelled.

But another one came in and said, 'Here is your twenty dollars, sir, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief.

So he said to him, 'Well done, my good slave! Because you have proven dependable in a very small business, be governor of ten cities!'