Mat 25:14-15, Luk 19:13, Rom 12:6-8, 1Cor 4:7, 12:4-11 | ESV | STEP | For it will be like a man going on a journey , who called his servants and entrusted to them his property .

14 ^a“For ^bit will be like a man ^cgoing on a journey, who called his servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; also verse 19} and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five ^etalents, ^{▼▼A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years’ wages for a laborer} to another two, to another one, ^gto each according to his ability. Then he ^hwent away.

Luke 19:13

13 Calling ⁱten 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 ^luntil I come.’

Romans 12:6-8

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

1 Corinthians 4:7

7 For who sees anything different in you? ^tWhat do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

1 Corinthians 12:4-11

4 Now ^uthere are varieties of gifts, but ^vthe same Spirit; 5 and ^wthere are varieties of service, but ^xthe same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is ^ythe same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 ^zTo each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of ^aawisdom, and to another the utterance of ^abknowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another ^acfaith by the same Spirit, to another ^adgifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another ^aethe working of miracles, to another ^afprophecy, to another ^agthe ability to distinguish between spirits, to another ^ahvarious kinds of tongues, to another ^aithe interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, ^ajwho apportions to each one individually ^akas he wills.