1 Timothy 4:14
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14 (A)Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you (B)by prophecy when the council of elders (C)laid their hands on you.
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2 Timothy 1:6
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6 For this reason I remind you (A)to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,
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1 Peter 4:9-11
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9 (A)Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 (B)As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, (C)as good stewards of God's varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks (D)oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves (E)by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything (F)God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. (G)To him belong glory and (H)dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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1 Timothy 1:18
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18 This charge (A)I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with (B)the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may (C)wage the good warfare,
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Acts 6:6
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6 These they set before the apostles, and (A)they prayed and (B)laid their hands on them.
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1 Timothy 5:22
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22 (A)Do not be hasty in the (B)laying on of hands, nor (C)take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
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1 Thessalonians 5:19
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19 (A)Do not quench the Spirit.
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Acts 13:3
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3 Then after fasting and (A)praying they laid their hands on them and (B)sent them off.
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Romans 12:6-8
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6 (A)Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if (B)prophecy, (C)in proportion to our faith; 7 if (D)service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; (E)the one who leads,[a] with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with (F)cheerfulness.
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- Romans 12:8 Or gives aid
Acts 8:17
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17 Then (A)they laid their hands on them and (B)they received the Holy Spirit.
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Matthew 25:14-30
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The Parable of the Talents
14 (A)“For (B)it will be like a man (C)going on a journey, who called his servants[a] and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five (D)talents,[b] to another two, to another one, (E)to each according to his ability. Then he (F)went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and (G)dug in the ground and hid his master's money. 19 Now (H)after a long time the master of those servants came and (I)settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and (J)faithful servant.[c] (K)You have been faithful over a little; (L)I will set you over much. Enter into (M)the joy of your master.’ 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be (N)a hard man, reaping (O)where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, (P)you have what is yours.’ 26 But his master answered him, ‘You (Q)wicked and (R)slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 (S)For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And (T)cast (U)the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place (V)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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- Matthew 25:14 Or bondservants; also verse 19
- Matthew 25:15 A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer
- Matthew 25:21 Or bondservant; also verses 23, 26, 30
Acts 19:6
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6 And (A)when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and (B)they began speaking in tongues and (C)prophesying.
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Luke 19:12-26
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12 He said therefore, (A)“A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return. 13 Calling (B)ten of his servants,[a] he gave them ten minas,[b] and said to them, ‘Engage in business (C)until I come.’ 14 But (D)his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ 15 When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. 16 The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’ 17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant![c] Because you have been (E)faithful in a very little, (F)you shall have authority over ten cities.’ 18 And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.’ 19 And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ 20 Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in (G)a handkerchief; 21 for I was afraid of you, because you are (H)a severe man. You take (I)what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 He said to him, (J)‘I will condemn you with your own words, (K)you wicked servant! You knew that I was (L)a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’ 24 And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ 25 And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’ 26 ‘I tell you that (M)to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
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- Luke 19:13 Or bondservants; also verse 15
- Luke 19:13 A mina was about three months' wages for a laborer
- Luke 19:17 Or bondservant; also verse 22
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