Meager efforts will not be excused. Mediocrity is bigger problem than lust or greed. E. Take risks for God. The last servant was afraid of failure. If nothing is risked, everything is lost.
Churches have a problem with risk.
It's the same with God. Christians must know that Jesus is coming back - sometime. A. Context deals with Second Coming of Jesus. Master would correspond to Jesus, and servants to Christians. Parable teaches about what Christians should do while Jesus is gone.