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The parable of the minas is generally similar to the parable of the talents, but differences include the inclusion of the motif of a king obtaining a kingdom [6] and the entrusting of ten servants with one mina each, rather than a number of talents (1 talent = 60 minas). Only the business outcomes and consequential rewards of three of the ...
This depiction by Jan van Hemessen (c. 1556) shows the moment when the king scolds the servant. The lines before the parable itself are similar to Luke 17:3–4. The talent in this parable was worth about 6,000 denarii, so that one debt is 600,000 times as large as the other. [1]
The lazy servant searches for his buried talent, while the two other servants present their earnings to their master. Although the basic theme of each of these parables is essentially the same, the differences between the parables in the Gospel of Matthew and in the Gospel of Luke are sufficient to indicate that the parables are not derived ...
A bronze mite, also known as a Lepton (meaning small), minted by Alexander Jannaeus, King of Judaea, 103–76 BC and still in circulation at the time of Jesus [1]. The lesson of the widow's mite or the widow's offering is presented in two of the Synoptic Gospels (Mark 12:41–44 and Luke 21:1–4), when Jesus is teaching in the Temple in Jerusalem.
This parable suggests that "even the best of God's servants are still unworthy because they have only done their duty and no more." [2] Nobody, "no matter how virtuous or hardworking, can ever put God in his or her debt." [1] William Barclay [3] relates the parable to the last verse of the Isaac Watts hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross":
To add to the interpretations, several different sayings about money were attached to the parable here. It is a matter of debate whether sayings about trust or serving two masters apply to this parable. [8] [9] The manager in the parable was probably a slave or freedman acting as his master's agent in business affairs. [6]
This is a theme which has also been discussed earlier in Luke 12. [3] The reference to a wedding banquet in Luke 12:36 suggests a heavenly banquet, [3] and recalls the parable of the Ten Virgins, which follows this parable in Matthew. The second part of the parable includes a caution that much more will be required of the person to whom much is ...
Parable of the man who sees double; The Khwárizmsháh and the beautiful Horse; The imprisonment of Joseph; The Three Princes who fell in love with the portrait of the Princess of China; The Sadr-i Jahán of Bukhárá and the Jurist; Story of two Brothers; The King who forced a learned Doctor to drink wine with him; Imra’u ‘l-Qays and the ...