The one with the two bags of gold earned two more.

那领二千的也照样另赚了二千。

那领二千的也照样另赚了二千。

那领二千的也照样另赚了二千。

得到两千银币的也赚了两千；

那领了一万二千的也是这样，另赚了一万二千。

那领了两千的，也照样另赚了两千。

那領二千的也照樣另賺了二千。

那領二千的也照樣另賺了二千。

那領二千的也照樣另賺了二千。

得到兩千銀幣的也賺了兩千；

那領了一萬二千的也是這樣，另賺了一萬二千。

那領一萬二千的也是這樣，另外賺了一萬二千。

那領了兩千的，也照樣另賺了兩千。

受二千者、亦獲二千、

受二千者、而獲二千、

受二他連得者、亦如是獲二他連得、

受二千者、亦獲利二千。

So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more.

So also he who had the two talents made two talents more.

The servant with two bags of silver also went to work and earned two more.

In the same way the man with two earned two more.

In the same way the one who had received the two talents earned two more.

And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.

In like manner he also that received the two gained other two.

In the same way the man with two earned two more.

And likewise he that[ had received] two, he also gained other two.

In the same way, the one who had two gained two more.

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

Honor the Lord with your wealth. Give him the first share of all your crops.Then your storerooms will be so full they can’t hold everything. Your huge jars will spill over with fresh wine.

Make the most of every opportunity. The days are evil.

She must be well known for the good things she does. That includes bringing up children. It includes inviting guests into her home. It includes washing the feet of the Lord’s people. It includes helping those who are in trouble. A widow should spend her time doing all kinds of good things.

I have chosen him. He must direct his children to live in the way that pleases me. And he must direct the members of his family after him to do the same. So he must guide all of them in doing what is right and fair. Then I, the Lord, will do for Abraham what I have promised him.”

Jesus was in Bethany. He was at the table in the home of Simon, who had a skin disease. A woman came with a special sealed jar. It contained very expensive perfume made out of pure nard. She broke the jar open and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head.Some of the people there became angry. They said to one another,“ Why waste this perfume?It could have been sold for more than a year’s pay. The money could have been given to poor people.” So they found fault with the woman.“ Leave her alone,” Jesus said.“ Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.You will always have poor people with you. You can help them any time you want to. But you will not always have me.She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body to prepare me to be buried.

Sell your grain in the market overseas. After a while you might earn something from it.Try to succeed by doing many things. After all, you don’t know what great trouble might come on the land.Clouds that are full of water pour rain down on the earth. A tree might fall to the south or the north. It will stay in the place where it falls.Anyone who keeps on watching the wind won’t plant seeds. Anyone who keeps looking at the clouds won’t gather crops.You don’t know the path the wind takes. You don’t know how a baby is made inside its mother. So you can’t understand how God works either. He made everything.In the morning plant your seeds. In the evening keep your hands busy. You don’t know what will succeed. It may be one or the other. Or both might do equally well.

May the Lord show mercy to all who live in the house of Onesiphorus. He often encouraged me. He was not ashamed that I was being held by chains.In fact, it was just the opposite. When he was in Rome, he looked everywhere for me. At last he found me.May Onesiphorus find mercy from the Lord on the day Jesus returns as judge! You know very well how many ways Onesiphorus helped me in Ephesus.

You will be made rich in every way. Then you can always give freely. We will take your many gifts to the people who need them. And they will give thanks to God.Your gifts meet the needs of the Lord’s people. And that’s not all. Your gifts also cause many people to thank God.You have shown yourselves to be worthy by what you have given. So other people will praise God because you obey him. That proves that you really believe the good news about Christ. They will also praise God because you share freely with them and with everyone else.Their hearts will be filled with love for you when they pray for you. God has given you grace that is better than anything.

Let us not become tired of doing good. At the right time we will gather a crop if we don’t give up.So when we can do good to everyone, let us do it. Let’s try even harder to do good to the family of believers.

In Joppa there was a believer named Tabitha. Her name in the Greek language is Dorcas. She was always doing good and helping poor people.About that time she became sick and died. Her body was washed and placed in a room upstairs.Lydda was near Joppa. The believers heard that Peter was in Lydda. So they sent two men to him. They begged him,“ Please come at once!”Peter went with them. When he arrived, he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him crying. They showed him the robes and other clothes Dorcas had made before she died.

Ahab had sent for Obadiah. He was in charge of Ahab’s palace. Obadiah had great respect for the Lord.Ahab’s wife Jezebel had been killing off the Lord’ s prophets. So Obadiah had hidden 100 prophets in two caves. He had put 50 in each cave. He had supplied them with food and water.

The believers decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. All of them helped as much as they could.They sent their gift to the elders through Barnabas and Saul.

Cornelius and all his family were faithful and worshiped God. He gave freely to people who were in need. He prayed to God regularly.

God’s gifts of grace come in many forms. Each of you has received a gift in order to serve others. You should use it faithfully.

Do you really want to give? Then the gift is measured by what someone has. It is not measured by what they don’t have.

One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A rich woman lived there. She begged him to stay and have a meal. So every time he came by, he stopped there to eat.The woman said to her husband,“ That man often comes by here. I know that he is a holy man of God.Let’s make a small room for him on the roof. We’ll put a bed and a table in it. We’ll also put a chair and a lamp in it. Then he can stay there when he comes to visit us.”

Tell Archippus,“ Be sure that you complete the work the Lord gave you to do.”

God is fair. He will not forget what you have done. He will remember the love you have shown him. You showed it when you helped his people. And you show it when you keep on helping them.We want each of you to be faithful to the very end. If you are, then what you hope for will fully happen.

Everyone who heard me said good things about me. Those who saw me honored me.That’s because I saved poor people who cried out for help. I saved helpless children whose fathers had died.Those who were dying gave me their blessing. I made the hearts of widows sing.I put on a godly life as if it were my clothes. Fairness was my robe and my turban.I was like eyes for those who were blind. I was like feet for those who couldn’t walk.I was like a father to needy people. I stood up for strangers in court.Sinners are like animals that have powerful teeth. But I took from their mouths the people they had caught.

“ I haven’t said no to what poor people have wanted. I haven’t let widows lose their hope.I haven’t kept my bread to myself. I’ve shared it with children whose fathers had died.From the time I was young, I’ve helped those widows. I’ve raised those children as a father would.Suppose I’ve seen people dying because they didn’t have enough clothes. I’ve seen needy people who didn’t have enough to keep warm.And they didn’t give me their blessing when I warmed them with wool from my sheep.Suppose I’ve raised my hand against children whose fathers have died. And I did it because I knew I had power in the courts.Then let my arm fall from my shoulder. Let it be broken off at the joint.

He was very old. He was 80 years old. He had given the king everything he needed while the king was staying in Mahanaim. That’s because Barzillai was very wealthy.