Jesus’ shared the parable of the master and the ten servants specifically “because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.” Jesus draws a parallel between the master who was appointed as king – a reference to Herod Archelaus – and the judgment when the king returns. More importantly, he tells the people that to be proven to be trustworthy servants they had to put the master’s resources to work until he returned. Jesus was telling the people then and all of us now that our focus should not be on when and how the master will return but rather on maximizing the return on kingdom investments.
