He had just begun to do so when one of them was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.

But the servant who does not know what his master wants, and yet does something for which he deserves a whipping, will be punished with a light whipping. Much is required from the person to whom much is given; much more is required from the person to whom much more is given.

Before he left, he called his ten servants and gave them each a gold coin and told them, 'See what you can earn with this while I am gone.'

Now, his own people hated him, and so they sent messengers after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.'