“After he was crowned king, he returned and called in the servants to whom he had given the money. He wanted to find out what their profits were.
“After a long time their master returned from his trip and called them to give an account of how they had used his money.
But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.
But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want him to be our king.’
The first servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and made ten times the original amount!’