"Doers and Not Hearers Only"

Recently i have been reading through the gospels in the New Testament. I have found some common themes that i had not been as familiar with before. One pattern is the pattern the Lord set of rewarding the doers and not just the hearers. Many of his parables teach this principle.
One great way in which the lord teaches this principle is with the parable of the two sons in Mathew 21: 28-31 where the Lord says:
"28 ¶ But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you."

We see clearly here the lords disapproval for those who say they will do and do not. Another example is seen in the lords parable of the unwise servant in Mathew 25:14-30. To summarize the parable, the Lord sends out 3 servants and gives each a portion of money. After a time the servants came back and the first had returned with the money he was given, plus what he had made when he was away, the second had done the same returning twice the amount to his lord that he was originally given. But the third had hid his portion and done nothing with it. Upon his return, the third servant was severely chastised and "cast... into outer darkness." (mat 25:30). We see once again that the Lord expects us to do something with what he has given us and not just sit around doing nothing.
The final example is also in Mathew 25, the parable of the ten virgins. All were invited to the Lords wedding feast, all excepted the invitation. But when the day of the wedding came, only 5 had properly prepared themselves. The Lord allowed the five who had prepared into the feast, while the other 5 were left out.
Thus we see that the Lord expects us to as James directs and be "doers of the word, and not hearers only" (James 1:22).