14. The kingdom is also like what happened when a man went away and put his three servants in charge of all he owned.
15. The man knew what each servant could do. So he handed five thousand coins to the first servant, two thousand to the second, and one thousand to the third. Then he left the country.
16. As soon as the man had gone, the servant with the five thousand coins used them to earn five thousand more.
17. The servant who had two thousand coins did the same with his money and earned two thousand more.
18. But the servant with one thousand coins dug a hole and hid his master's money in the ground.
19. Some time later the master of those servants returned. He called them in and asked what they had done with his money.