"And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities." — Luke 19:19

Luke 19:19 · KJV

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

— Luke 19:19

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

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

Luke 19 — Context

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:

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 9:6

But this {I say}, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

1 Corinthians 3:8

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

2 John 1:8

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. {wrought: or, gained, some copies read, ye have gained, but that ye, etc.}

Isaiah 3:10

Say ye to the righteous, that {it shall be} well {with him}: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

1 Corinthians 15:41-42

{There is} one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for {one} star differeth from {another} star in glory.