for it is like a man going from home, who called his own servants and delivered his possessions to them.
as a man going abroad, having left his house and given authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
And He Himself gave some as emissaries, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as shepherds and teachers
And there are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
“Hear another parable: There was a certain man, a householder who planted a vineyard and placed a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. And he leased it to farmers and went abroad.
What then is Apollos, and what is Sha’ul, but servants through whom you believed, as the Master assigned to each?
And He began to speak this parable to the people, “A certain man planted a vineyard, and leased it to farmers, and went away for a long time.