“Then, turning to the others standing nearby, the king ordered, ‘Take the money from this servant, and give it to the one who has ten pounds.’
“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’
Before he left, he called together ten of his servants and divided among them ten pounds of silver, saying, ‘Invest this for me while I am gone.’
why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’
“‘But, master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten pounds!’