“After a long time the master came home. He asked the servants what they did with his money.
We must all stand before Christ to be judged. Everyone will get what they should. They will be paid for whatever they did—good or bad—when they lived in this earthly body.
When the bridegroom was very late, the girls could not keep their eyes open, and they all fell asleep.
“But what will happen if that servant is evil and thinks his master will not come back soon?
My brothers and sisters, not many of you should be teachers. I say this because, as you know, we who teach will be judged more strictly than others.
But the servant who got one bag of money went away and dug a hole in the ground. Then he hid his master’s money in the hole.
David said the same thing when he was talking about the blessing people have when God accepts them as good without looking at what they have done: