Does this mean Jesus doesn’t like us wasting stuff? Or to take responsibility for losing other people’s stuff? Did he see it as the boy’s bread, and since they had borrowed it from him, they were responsible not to lose any of it, but to return it all to him with the interest God had added?
Doesn’t it rile when you lend something to someone and it comes back broken or not at all, and they expect you simply to bear the cost yourself. It’s my habit to point out the damage and to at least offer to cover the costs of repairs or replacement. On New Years Eve we built a small fire on a beach in Sri Lanka. A family nearby were lighting fireworks, so I asked to borrow their lighter for a few minutes to light our fire. In the process, their lighter broke, so I told him I would go and buy another at the nearby shops. I bought three. One for me and two for him, although he would accept only one. But plenty of people in my life borrow my stuff and break or lose it but say nothing, and I only discover the damage or loss when I suddenly need the item again.
