Matthew 25:16

Easy To Read Version

The servant that got five bags of money went quickly to invest the money. Those five bags of money earned five more.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:2

King David stood up and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. In my heart I wanted to build a place to keep the Box of the Lord’s Agreement. {\cf2\super [299]} I wanted to build a place that would be God’s footstool. {\cf2\super [300]} And I made the plans for building that house for God.

Isaiah 23:18

But Tyre will not keep the money she earns. Tyre’s profit from her trade will be saved for the Lord. Tyre will give that profit to the people that serve the Lord. So the Lord’s servants will eat until they are full, and they will wear nice clothes.

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be teachers to your children.\par Kings’ daughters will care for them.\par Those kings and their daughters\par will bow down to you.\par They will kiss the dirt at your feet.\par Then you will know\par that I am the Lord.\par Then you will know\par that any person who trusts in me\par will not be disappointed.”\par

Matthew 18:24

The king began to collect his money. One servant owed the king several thousand pounds of silver.

Matthew 25:17

It was the same with the servant that had two bags of money. That servant invested the money and earned two more.

Luke 19:13

So he called ten of his servants together. He gave a bag of money {\cf2\super [300]} to each servant. The man said, ‘Do business with this money until I come back.’

Acts 13:36

David did God’s will during the time he lived. Then he died and was buried like all his ancestors. And his body did rot in the grave!

1 Corinthians 15:10

But, because of God’s grace (gift), that is what I am. And his grace that he gave me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But I was not really the one working. It was God’s grace that was with me.)

2 Timothy 2:6

The farmer who works hard should be the first person to get some of the food that he grew.