And as the people all around
Attentively did hear,
Believing that God's kingdom would
Without delay appear;
He taught the listening company,
By parable profound,
How God expects His faithful ones
To occupy His ground.
And as He does commit to them
Ten pounds, or five, or one,
He will reward them, at the last,
By what they each have done.
And having finished His discourse,
Wisely instructing them,
He went before them, in the way,
Up to Jerusalem.
