THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS

4^TH Thursday of Lent

Read Matthew 25:14-30.

Why is the last servant punished?  What are we expected to do with the gifts God has given us? 

What are your gifts?

Notes on the text:

One talent was worth more than 15 years’ wages for a day laborer.  The talents represent the gifts we have each been given by God.  Notice the value Jesus places on our spiritual gifts.

Verse 28: because the last servant has squandered his gifts, he lacks merit in the final judgment.