Matthew 25:20

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The servant who got five bags brought that amount and five more bags of money to the master. The servant said, ‘Master, you trusted me to care for five bags of money. So I used them to earn five more.’

Cross References

Acts 20:24

I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace.

James 2:18

But someone might argue, “Some people have faith, and others have good works.” My answer would be that you can’t show me your faith if you don’t do anything. But I will show you my faith by the good I do.

Colossians 1:29

To do this, I work and struggle using the great strength that Christ gives me. That strength is working in my life.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But, because of God’s grace, 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.)

Matthew 18:24

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

Luke 19:13

So he called ten of his servants together. He gave a bag of money to each servant. He said, ‘Do business with this money until I come back.’