Matthew And Luke: The Parables In The Book Of Jesus

During his time of popular ministry, Jesus traveled throughout Israel, and as he traveled he taught. His teachings were recorded by his disciples and are comprised for modern readers in the New Testament, specifically the synoptic Gospels. In general, the parables teaching about the coming kingdom of God, and are fictional stories used to answer questions either asked by one of the disciples, scribes and Pharisees, and in come cases just a member of the crowd. Many of the parables overlap appear in the books of Matthew and Luke, however, many of those overlapping parables have different elements, specifically in the way they end. The parables in the book of Matthew have a more violent or even wrathful ending that those in Luke, a few parabolic …show more content…
In this parable, there is a Master that gives talents to his servants. To the one who receives five talents, he makes five talents more. Similarly, the one who receives two talents makes two talents more. The Master’s reply to both of the men that were productive with the talents is, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.” This response displays the significance of not how much total money these men earned but rather their faithfulness in utilizing their gifts and potential (ESV Commentary). However, the one that received only one talent was fearful and hid the talent in the ground, not being profitable with what he was given. In response to this lazy servant, the man states, “And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Again, we see the description of hell, which is where the worthless and lazy sinners will be sent forever. These parables, the parable of the weeds and the parable of the talents, are two prominent examples of Matthew's account of the parables ending in