Luk 16:1-12, Rom 12:6-8, 1Cor 3:5, 4:1-2, 12:4, 7-29, Eph 4:11 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

Luke 16:1-12

The Parable of the Dishonest Manager

1 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had ^aa manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 2 And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your ^bmanagement, for you can no longer be manager.’ 3 And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ 5 So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 He said, ‘A hundred measures ^{▼▼About 875 gallons or 3,200 liters} of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ 7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures ^{▼▼Between 1,000 and 1,200 bushels or 37,000 to 45,000 liters} of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ 8 The master commended the dishonest manager for his ^eshrewdness. For ^fthe sons of this world ^{▼▼Greek age} are ^hmore shrewd in dealing with their own generation than ⁱthe sons of light. 9 And I tell you, ^jmake friends for yourselves by means of ^kunrighteous wealth, ^{▼▼Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions; also verse 11; rendered money in verse 13} so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

10 ^m“One who is ⁿfaithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11 If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful in ^othat which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

Romans 12:6-8

6 ^pHaving gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if ^qprophecy, ^rin proportion to our faith; 7 if ^sservice, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; ^tthe one who leads, ^{▼▼Or gives aid} with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with ^vcheerfulness.

1 Corinthians 3:5

5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? ^wServants through whom you believed, ^xas the Lord assigned to each.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

The Ministry of Apostles

1 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and ^ystewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

1 Corinthians 12:4

4 Now ^zthere are varieties of gifts, but ^aathe same Spirit;

1 Corinthians 12:7-29

7 ^abTo each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of ^acwisdom, and to another the utterance of ^adknowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another ^aefaith by the same Spirit, to another ^afgifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another ^agthe working of miracles, to another ^ahprophecy, to another ^aithe ability to distinguish between spirits, to another ^ajvarious kinds of tongues, to another ^akthe interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, ^alwho apportions to each one individually ^amas he wills.

One Body with Many Members

12 For just as ^anthe body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, ^aoso it is with Christ. 13 For ^apin one Spirit we were all baptized into one body— ^aqJews or Greeks, slaves ^{▼▼Or servants; Greek bondservants} or free—and ^asall were made to drink of one Spirit.

14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, ^atGod arranged the members in the body, each one of them, ^auas he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, ^{▼▼Or members; also verse 22} yet one body.

21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, ^awall rejoice together.

27 Now ^axyou are the body of Christ and individually ^aymembers of it. 28 And ^azGod has appointed in the church first ^baapostles, second ^bbprophets, third teachers, then ^bcmiracles, then ^bdgifts of healing, ^behelping, ^bfadministrating, and ^bgvarious kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

Ephesians 4:11

11 And ^bhhe gave the ^biapostles, the prophets, the ^bjevangelists, the ^bkshepherds ^{▼▼Or pastors} and teachers, ^{▼▼Or the shepherd-teachers}