revealing a lack of faith through passive spirituality and failure to step out in “risky” obedience. 25:19–23. The phrase after a long time was Jesus’ acknowledgment that there would be quite a time gap before his final coming. It also implied significant opportunity for kingdom gain by those he has entrusted with kingdom resources. Now it was time to settle their accounts, and the servants brought the master’s property to him. Jesus used the threefold pattern of story telling, which was so common