Jun. 22—Jesus told the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-30 to show that people should take the abilities that God bestows and make the most of them. A talent in that time was an 80-pound bag of ...

In this particular parable, Jesus describes a man who knows that he is leaving for an undisclosed period of time. He is delegating the responsibility of managing his assets to three different ...

Have you ever been really passionate about something, but no matter how hard you try you just can’t get anyone else to feel the same way about it as you? Or at least, the right people. The people you ...

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells the Parable of the Talents, a story often used to teach responsibility, faithfulness, and accountability. But beyond its moral message, the parable offers a sharp ...

Jesus was a master of teaching truths through parables. Jesus’ parables are short stories that teach a moral or spiritual lesson using ordinary everyday experiences, analogy or similar comparisons.

Jesus’ parables – short stories with moral lessons – were likewise designed to afflict, to draw us in but leave us uncomfortable. These teachings can be read as being about divine love and salvation, ...

To be “awake and sober” seems like a minimalist approach to the Christian life, but it is a figurative sign of the Christian spiritual life engaged and diligent. Paul exhorts the Thessalonians in the ...

"Jesus got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore” (Matt 13:2). Jer 1:1, 4-10; Mt 13:1-9 The setting of Jesus’ parables in Matthew 13 is itself a parable. Jesus chooses as ...

This is Dutch artist Willem de Poorter’s depiction of the rich man in the Parable of the Talents evincing his displeasure toward the servant who had failed to put his money to the proper use. De ...