And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Parallel translations
- WEB “The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’
- BSB The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
- NKJV And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’
- NASB The second one came, saying, ‘Your mina, master, has made five minas.’
- NLT “The next servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and made five times the original amount.’
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Quick answer
A second servant reports a fivefold gain. Different servants produce differing returns, yet each is accountable.
Overview
The second servant likewise put his mina to work, though with a smaller increase. The parable allows for varying degrees of fruitfulness among faithful servants. What matters is genuine, diligent stewardship rather than identical results.
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- Mark 4:20And 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.
- Matt 13:23But 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.
- 2 Cor 8:12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
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