“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave –

Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.

Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’

The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.

He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes.

But if that evil slave should say to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’