re: #446 Alouette

I’m not familiar with that parable.

I wouldn’t expect you to be.

The parable is that a man went on a journey. To one servant he gave 5 talents, and to another 2 talents, and to a third 1 talent. (A talent is a certain amount of silver).*

The one that got 5 doubled his talents. The one that got 2 likewise. The one that got one went and hid it.

The one that got one got in trouble, while the other two were praised.

I thought it was understood that it meant that we were to increase the talents and skills we had been given for the betterment of ourselves and others. I had never heard it presented to be about real money.

For example, if you have talents in the medical field, you should go to school and the world will be a better place. If you can sing, you should sing for others and make the world a better place.

*I’m too lazy to double check. If it’s not 5, 2, and 1, I apologize.