<P> The second part of the parable includes a caution that much will be required of the person to whom much is given . J. Dwight Pentecost writes that this parable "emphasizes that privilege brings responsibility and that responsibility entails accountability ." This applies particularly to religious leaders . </P> <P> Jehovah's Witnesses identify the servant, which their translation of the Bible calls the "faithful and discreet slave", with their religion's Governing Body in its role of dispensing spiritual food to followers of Christ . </P> <P> The parable is the theme for several hymns, including Philip Doddridge's "Ye Servants of the Lord," which ends: </P> <P> Christ shall the banquet spread With His own royal hand, And raise that faithful servant's Amid the angelic band . </P>

Too much is given much is required scripture