Alternate take: Billionaires are entitled and get grumpy when they get back exactly what they gave.
Imagine if the servant had invested the talent and failed to produce a profit. How angry would the billionaire have been? The servant took no risk, and protected the billionaire’s money. And instead of being happy that their money was protected, they got angry that the servant didn’t go out of their way to make the billionaire more.
The point of that chapter is that you should use the talent that God has given you to improve your talent.
It’s not that you should pay back your employer double his investment.
Alternate take: Billionaires are entitled and get grumpy when they get back exactly what they gave.
Imagine if the servant had invested the talent and failed to produce a profit. How angry would the billionaire have been? The servant took no risk, and protected the billionaire’s money. And instead of being happy that their money was protected, they got angry that the servant didn’t go out of their way to make the billionaire more.