And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.