Some other seeds fell on good soil and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirtyfold.

As for him who is sown 'on good soil,' that is the man who hears the word and understands it; he bears fruit, producing now a hundredfold, now sixty, and now thirtyfold."

Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.'

Do you not understand even yet? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up?

Five of them were stupid and five were sensible.

Similarly the servant who had got the five hundred pounds made another five hundred.