STEWARD

Passages on this topic · 54

• Genesis 15:2

  Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”

• Genesis 43:19

  They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

• 1 Chronicles 28:1

  David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, the captains of the companies who served the king by division, the captains of thousands, the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.

• Matthew 25:14

  “For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

• Matthew 25:15

  To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

• Matthew 25:16

  Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

• Matthew 25:17

  In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.

• Matthew 25:18

  But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

• Matthew 25:19

  “Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

• Matthew 25:20

  He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’

• Matthew 25:21

  “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

• Matthew 25:22

  “He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’

• Matthew 25:23

  “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

• Matthew 25:24

  “He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

• Matthew 25:25

  I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’

• Matthew 25:26

  “But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

• Matthew 25:27

  You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

• Matthew 25:28

  Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

• Matthew 25:29

  For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away.

• Matthew 25:30

  Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

• Luke 8:3

  and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

• Luke 12:35

  “Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

• Luke 12:36

  Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

• Luke 12:37

  Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

• Luke 12:38

  They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

• Luke 12:42

  The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

• Luke 16:1

  He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

• Luke 16:2

  He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

• Luke 16:3

  “The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

• Luke 16:4

  I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’

• Luke 16:5

  Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’

• Luke 16:6

  He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

• Luke 16:7

  Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

• Luke 16:8

  “His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

• Luke 19:12

  He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

• Luke 19:13

  He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’

• Luke 19:14

  But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

• Luke 19:15

  “When he had come back again, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

• Luke 19:16

  The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’

• Luke 19:17

  “He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

• Luke 19:18

  “The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’

• Luke 19:19

  “So he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

• Luke 19:20

  Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

• Luke 19:21

  for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’

• Luke 19:22

  “He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.

• Luke 19:23

  Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’

• Luke 19:24

  He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.’

• Luke 19:25

  “They said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’

• Luke 19:26

  ‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

• Luke 19:27

  But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”

• 1 Corinthians 4:1

  So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

• 1 Corinthians 4:2

  Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

• Titus 1:7

  For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

• 1 Peter 4:10

  As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.