Matthew 25:16

New International Version

The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.

Cross References

2 Timothy 2:6

The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.

Acts 13:36

“Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.

Isaiah 23:18

Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord; they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord, for abundant food and fine clothes.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”

1 Chronicles 28:2

King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it.

Matthew 18:24

As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him.

Matthew 25:17

So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more.

Luke 19:13

So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’