And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’
Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their deeds.
Then the second came, saying, ‘Your mina, master, has made five minas.’
Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a cloth;
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows with blessing will also reap with blessing.
See to yourselves, that you do not lose what we accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.