Then he also said to this one, ‘You are likewise over five cities.’
Say to the righteous, he will be well, eating the fruit of their deeds.
Also, the second slave came, saying, ‘Your mina, Master, made five.’
But another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina. I was keeping it safe in a handkerchief,
Therefore, my dearly loved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord—because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Now he who plants and he who waters work as one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.
Watch yourselves, so you do not lose what we have worked for but receive a full reward.