Context and Setting
The parable is found in this testament:
The New Testament.
This character entrusts his servants with money before going on a journey.
The master of the house.
What type of currency were the servants paid?
Talents.
What does the talent represent beyond monetary value?
Gifts, skills, abilities, or resources.
What is the main purpose of the parable?
To teach about responsibility and vigilance toward God and his Judgement.
This parable is found in this book:
The Book of Matthew.
The servants who received 5 and 2 talents.
How many talents did the first servant receive?
5 Talents
The third servant burying the talent represents what behavior towards God's gifts?
Fearful, slothful, or concealing behavior.
The parable warns us against this behavior, as seen in the third servant:
Lazy, slothful, and self-centered behavior.
Who is Jesus talking to?
The Disciples.
This character buried their money out of fear of them losing it.
The servant entrusted with one talent.
What was the punishment for the servant who hid and did not invest his money?
Revoking of the talent from him and verbal rebuking.
Doubling the talents can be seen as a metaphor for this:
Faithful and productive use of what God has given to us.
The master's deliberate unspecified time away represents:
The time before Jesus' Second Coming.
The parable occurs directly after this parable:
The parable of the Ten Virgins.
The servants represent these figures or broader concepts.
Jesus' followers.
Who gained the one talent taken from the slothful servant?
The first servant who was given 5 talents.
The place of darkness the third servant is cast out into is representative of:
Hell or eternal judgement.
What parable shared the same lesson as this?
The parable of the Ten Virgins.
Jesus' betrayal.
The master of the house represents this figure or broader concept.
What was the reward for the servants who doubled their given talents?
The servants were given authority over many things.
The entrusting of talents to the servants represent this:
Responsibility/discipline during the master's absence
What does the parable represent for us to carry out TODAY?
Use what God gives to serve others.