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Matthew 25:14

Matthew 25:14 (AMP)
For it is like a man who was about to take a long journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his property.

Matthew 25:15

Matthew 25:15 (AMP)
To one he gave five talents [probably about $5,000], to another two, to another one--to each in proportion to his own personal ability. Then he departed and left the country.

Matthew 25:16

Matthew 25:16 (AMP)
He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he gained five talents more.

Matthew 25:17

Matthew 25:17 (AMP)
And likewise he who had received the two talents--he also gained two talents more.

Matthew 25:18

Matthew 25:18 (AMP)
But he who had received the one talent went and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.

Matthew 25:19

Matthew 25:19 (AMP)
Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

Matthew 25:20

Matthew 25:20 (AMP)
And he who had received the five talents came and brought him five more, saying, Master, you entrusted to me five talents; see, here I have gained five talents more.

Matthew 25:21

Matthew 25:21 (AMP)
His master said to him, Well done, you upright (honorable, admirable) and faithful servant! You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little; I will put you in charge of much. Enter into and share the joy (the delight, the blessedness) which your master enjoys.

Matthew 25:22

Matthew 25:22 (AMP)
And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, Master, you entrusted two talents to me; here I have gained two talents more.

Matthew 25:23

Matthew 25:23 (AMP)
His master said to him, Well done, you upright (honorable, admirable) and faithful servant! You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little; I will put you in charge of much. Enter into and share the joy (the delight, the blessedness) which your master enjoys.

Matthew 25:24

Matthew 25:24 (AMP)
He who had received one talent also came forward, saying, Master, I knew you to be a harsh and hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you had not winnowed [the grain].

Matthew 25:25

Matthew 25:25 (AMP)
So I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is your own.

Matthew 25:26

Matthew 25:26 (AMP)
But his master answered him, You wicked and lazy and idle servant! Did you indeed know that I reap where I have not sowed and gather [grain] where I have not winnowed?

Matthew 25:27

Matthew 25:27 (AMP)
Then you should have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what was my own with interest.

Matthew 25:28

Matthew 25:28 (AMP)
So take the talent away from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.

Matthew 25:29

Matthew 25:29 (AMP)
For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will be furnished richly so that he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

Matthew 25:30

Matthew 25:30 (AMP)
And throw the good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

Colossians 1:15

Colossians 1:15 (AMP)
[Now] He is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the Firstborn of all creation.

Colossians 1:16

Colossians 1:16 (AMP)
For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him.

Colossians 1:17

Colossians 1:17 (AMP)
And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together).

Colossians 1:18

Colossians 1:18 (AMP)
He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent].

Colossians 1:19

Colossians 1:19 (AMP)
For it has pleased [the Father] that all the divine fullness (the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him permanently.

Colossians 1:20

Colossians 1:20 (AMP)
And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross.

Colossians 1:21

Colossians 1:21 (AMP)
And although you at one time were estranged and alienated from Him and were of hostile attitude of mind in your wicked activities,

Colossians 1:26

Colossians 1:26 (AMP)
The mystery of which was hidden for ages and generations [from angels and men], but is now revealed to His holy people (the saints),