1Ch 29:14-16, Job 1:21, Eze 16:16-21, Hos 2:8, Mat 25:14-29, Luk 19:13-26 | ESV | STEP | But who am I, and what is my people , that we should be able thus to offer willingly ? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.

14 “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 15 ^aFor we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are ^blike a shadow, and there is no abiding. ^{▼▼Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew hope, or prospect} 16 O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.

Job 1:21

21 And he said, ^d“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I ^ereturn. The Lord ^fgave, and the Lord has taken away; ^gblessed be the name of the Lord.”

Ezekiel 16:16-21

16 You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be. ^{▼▼The meaning of this Hebrew sentence is uncertain} 17 You also took ⁱyour beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and ^jmade for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore. 18 And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, ^kand set my oil and my incense before them. 19 ^lAlso my bread that I gave you— ^mI fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for ⁿa pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord God. 20 ^oAnd you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and ^pthese you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter 21 that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them?

Hosea 2:8

8 And ^qshe did not know
that it was ^rI who gave her
^sthe grain, the wine, and the oil,
and who lavished on ^ther silver and gold,
^uwhich they used for Baal.

Matthew 25:14-29

The Parable of the Talents

14 ^v“For ^wit will be like a man ^xgoing on a journey, who called his servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; also verse 19} and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five ^ztalents, ^{▼▼A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years’ wages for a laborer} to another two, to another one, ^abto each according to his ability. Then he ^acwent away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and ^addug in the ground and hid his master’s money. 19 Now ^aeafter a long time the master of those servants came and ^afsettled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and ^agfaithful servant. ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verses 23, 26, 30} ^aiYou have been faithful over a little; ^ajI will set you over much. Enter into ^akthe joy of your master.’ 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be ^ala hard man, reaping ^amwhere you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, ^anyou have what is yours.’ 26 But his master answered him, ‘You ^aowicked and ^apslothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 ^aqFor to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Luke 19:13-26

13 Calling ^arten of his servants, ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; also verse 15} he gave them ten minas, ^{▼▼A mina was about three months’ wages for a laborer} and said to them, ‘Engage in business ^auuntil I come.’ 14 But ^avhis citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ 15 When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. 16 The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’ 17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 22} Because you have been ^axfaithful in a very little, ^ayyou shall have authority over ten cities.’ 18 And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’ 19 And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ 20 Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in ^aza handkerchief; 21 for I was afraid of you, because you are ^baa severe man. You take ^bbwhat you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 He said to him, ^bc‘I will condemn you with your own words, ^bdyou wicked servant! You knew that I was ^bea severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’ 24 And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ 25 And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’ 26 ‘I tell you that ^bfto everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.