»So he said to this one also,« `And you, be the governor of five towns.'
»The second came, and said,« `Your pound, Sir, has produced five pounds.'
»The next came.« `Sir,' he said, `here is your pound, which I have kept wrapt up in a cloth.
Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.
Now in aim and purpose the planter and the waterer are one; and yet each will receive his own special reward, answering to his own special work.
But do not forget that he who sows with a niggardly hand will also reap a niggardly crop, and that he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Keep guard over yourselves, so that you may not lose the results of your good deeds, but may receive back a full reward.