Jesus taught about being willing to take risks in using what he has given us.

Luke 19:11-27; Matthew 25:14-30

11 They were coming near to Jerusalem, and the people who were going with Jesus who heard him say these things thought that as soon as he got to Jerusalem he would become their king. 12 So he told them this parable: “A prince prepared to go to a distant country in order that the Emperor would make him a king. He intended to return later. 13 Before he left, he summoned ten of his servants. He gave each of them a coin worth three months’ wages. He said to them, ‘Do business with these coins until I return!’ Then he left. 14 But many of his fellow-citizens hated him. So after he left they sent some messengers to tell the Emperor, ‘We (exc) do not want this man to be our king!’ 15 But the Emperor made him king anyway. Later the new king returned. Then he commanded that the servants to whom he had given the coins should be summoned {that someone should summon the servants to whom he had given the coins}. He wanted to know how much they had gained by doing business with the coins. 16 The first man came to him and said, ‘Sir, with your one coin I have earned ten more coins!’ 17 He said to this man, ‘You are a good servant! You have done very well! Because you have handled faithfully a small amount of money, I will give you authority to rule ten cities.’ 18 Then the second servant came and said, ‘Sir, with your one coin I have earned five more coins!’ 19 He said to that servant similarly, ‘Good! I will give you authority to rule five cities.’ 20 Then another servant came. He said, ‘Sir, here is your coin. I wrapped it in a napkin and put it away, so that nothing would happen to it. 21 I did that because I was afraid of what you would do to me if the business failed. I know you are a man who does not do foolish things with your money. You even take from others money that does not really belong to you, like a farmer who harvests grain from another man’s field where he did not even do the planting.’ 22 The king said to that servant, ‘You wicked servant! I will condemn you by the very words [MTY] that you have just now spoken. ◄You know that I do not do foolish things with my money./Did you not know that I do not do foolish things with my money?► [RHQ] You said that I even take from others money that does not really belong to me, like a farmer who harvests grain from another man’s field where he did not even do the planting. 23 So ◄you should at least have given my money to money lenders!/why did you not at least give my money to bankers?► [RHQ] Then when I returned I could have collected that amount plus the interest it would have earned!’ 24 Then the king said to those who were standing near, ‘Take the coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten coins!’ 25 They protested, ‘But Sir, he already has ten coins!’ 26 But the king said, ‘I tell you this: To the people who use well what they have received, more will be given {I will give more}. But from the people who do not use well what they have received, even what they already have will be taken away {I will take away even what they already have}. 27 Now, as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them, bring them here and execute them while I am watching!’”