"And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds." — Luke 19:18

Luke 19:18 · KJV

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

— Luke 19:18

And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

Verse 19

And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

Luke 19 — Context

Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

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

And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, {here is} thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

Cross References

Mark 4:20

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.

2 Corinthians 8:12

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.

Matthew 13:23

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.