¹⁸ "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'

²³ What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most assuredly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

²⁰ These are those which were sown on the good ground: such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

¹² For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.