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