“The food which you have laid up has bred worms and is spoiled.”
Then the servant who kept his raiment came and said,
“The rich garments sent by the king, which you have laid by so carefully, are being consumed by the moth and destroyed.”
And the keeper of his gold came, saying,
“The treasure-boxes which appeared so strong are falling to pieces; much gold has already been lost from them, and because they are opening of themselves they invite the hand of the pilferer and robber.”
Then the rich man was in great trouble, and he went in haste to the king and told him of the losses which had so suddenly befallen him.
The king replied,
“How can that be lost now which was given long ago to the poor?”
The rich man answered,