Parables

Outline XXIX THE TALENTS For the parable refer to Matt. 25:14-30. The Gospel according to Matthew alone makes mention of this parable. Some interpreters consider the parable of the pounds, given in Luke 19:11-27, to be identically the same as this of the talents. It must be admitted that there are various points of similarity, but similarity does not mean that the two are identical. There are points of evident difference, the most important of which to our mind is that in the parable of the...