*So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
Tell the righteous *Good!* For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
*The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'
Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.