¹⁹ “His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’

⁸ Watch out that you do not lose what we^[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.^(A)

Generosity Encouraged

⁶ Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.^(A)

⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,^(A) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.^(B)

⁴¹ The sun has one kind of splendor,^(A) the moon another and the stars another;^(B) and star differs from star in splendor.

⁴² So will it be^(C) with the resurrection of the dead.^(D) The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;^(E)

⁸ The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.^(A)