¹⁸ And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

¹² For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

²⁰ And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

²³ But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.