They were delighted and arranged to give him money.

He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey – no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.

Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.