But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.’
Luke 19:18 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘The second came and said, “Sir, your mina has earned five more.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The second one also came and said, Lord, your mina has made five more minas. American Standard Version (1901) And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds. Common English Bible “The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your money has made a return of five hundred percent.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And the second came, saying: 'Lord, your one pound has earned five pounds.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. |
But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.’
‘The man with two bags of gold also came. “Master,” he said, “you entrusted me with two bags of gold: see, I have gained two more.”
Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop – some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.’
So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. “Put this money to work,” he said, “until I come back.”
‘ “Well done, my good servant!” his master replied. “Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.”
For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.