Convenient Christianity

“A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’ [When he returned] he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it. [One] servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. I was afraid of you, because you are ahard man. You [give us too much homework].’ Then [his master] said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas. I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has [done]…