Luke 19:11

The kingdon of God should immediately appear; they thought that when Christ should enter Jerusalem he would proclaim himself king, deliver them from the Romans, and raise them to great earthly renown. To correct this idea, and give them right views of his kingdom, Christ spoke the following parable, which has some striking points of agreement with that recorded in Matthew 25:14-30, but also differs from it in some essential particulars. There, different sums are intrusted to the servants, "to every man according to his several ability," and the same fidelity and success receive the same reward; the idea being, that God considers not the amount intrusted to his servants, but the use they make of it. Here, the point is, that God will bestow upon his servants rewards proportioned to their diligence in his service, and for this reason the difference in the amount of gifts is not made account of, but all receive the one pound.