Mark 13:34

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Mark 13:32–36 · Berean Standard Bible

32 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

33 Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.

34 It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

35 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

36 Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.

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Matthew 24:45

Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

Matthew 25:14

For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.

Matthew 25:15

To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.

Matthew 25:16

The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

Matthew 25:17

Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.

Matthew 25:18

But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

Matthew 25:19

After a long time the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.

Matthew 25:20

The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

Matthew 25:21

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Matthew 25:22

The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’

Matthew 25:23

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Matthew 25:24

Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

Matthew 25:25

So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’

Matthew 25:26

‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.

Matthew 25:27

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.

Matthew 25:28

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.

Matthew 25:29

For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Matthew 25:30

And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Luke 19:12

So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

Luke 19:13

Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.

Luke 19:14

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Luke 19:15

When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.

Luke 19:16

The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’

Luke 19:17

His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

Romans 12:4

Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

Romans 12:5

so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

Romans 12:6

We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;

Romans 12:7

if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

Romans 12:8

if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

Romans 13:6

This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

1 Corinthians 3:8

He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

1 Corinthians 3:10

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

1 Corinthians 12:4

There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:5

There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:6

There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.

1 Corinthians 12:7

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

1 Corinthians 12:8

To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

1 Corinthians 12:9

to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,

1 Corinthians 12:10

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

1 Corinthians 12:11

All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

1 Corinthians 12:12

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:13

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

1 Corinthians 12:14

For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.

1 Corinthians 12:15

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.

1 Corinthians 12:16

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.

1 Corinthians 12:17

If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

1 Corinthians 12:18

But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

1 Corinthians 12:19

If they were all one part, where would the body be?

1 Corinthians 12:20

As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

1 Corinthians 12:21

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”

1 Corinthians 12:22

On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

1 Corinthians 12:23

and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

1 Corinthians 12:24

whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

1 Corinthians 12:25

so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

1 Corinthians 12:26

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

1 Corinthians 12:29

Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

1 Corinthians 12:30

Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

1 Corinthians 12:31

But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Colossians 3:24

because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Ezekiel 3:17

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

Ezekiel 3:18

If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 3:19

But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.

Ezekiel 3:20

Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 3:21

But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”

Ezekiel 33:2

“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

Ezekiel 33:3

and he sees the sword coming against that land and blows the ram’s horn to warn the people.

Ezekiel 33:4

Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

Ezekiel 33:5

Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

Ezekiel 33:6

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’

Ezekiel 33:7

As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.

Ezekiel 33:8

If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

Ezekiel 33:9

But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

Matthew 24:47

Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

Luke 12:36

Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

Luke 12:37

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

Luke 12:38

Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

Luke 12:39

But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

Luke 12:40

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

Acts 20:30

Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

Acts 20:31

Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

Matthew 16:19

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

John 10:3

The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

Revelation 3:7

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.