“The Lord calls his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, [and] to a third one, each in proportion to his ability” (25: 14-15). Nowadays, when one hears the word talent, one tend to think of a special skill like a musical talent. However, the word used by Matthew in this parable is the Greek word τάλαντα (talanta), which refers to quantity. During the time …show more content…
Many sermons on this parable take verse twenty nine as the core of the story. However, doing this is to miss the risky decision of the other two servants, which represent most major themes of the Christian faith: to take care of one another, trust, being witness of the Gospel, hope, and giving the whole self to God; this cannot be understood or be lived without