And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord, you gave into my care two talents: see, I have got two more.

In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.