But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
Luke 19:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your pound has made five pounds.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The second one also came and said, Lord, your mina has made five more minas. American Standard Version (1901) And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds. Common English Bible “The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your money has made a return of five hundred percent.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And the second came, saying: 'Lord, your one pound has earned five pounds.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. |
But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
And the one with the two talents also came forward, saying, ‘Master, you handed over to me two talents; see, I have made two more talents.’
And these are the ones sown on the good soil: they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.”
He summoned ten of his slaves and gave them ten pounds and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’
He said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.’
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.