page_title: Parable of the talents or minas
section_title: Depictions in the arts
hierarchical_section_title: Parable of the talents or minas / Depictions in the arts
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Притча о талантах. 2013. Холст, масло. 60×50. Художник А.Н. МироновEnglish: Parable of the talents. 2013. Canvas, oil. 60 x 50. Artist A.N. Mironov
context_page_description: The Parable of the Talents is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in two of the synoptic, canonical gospels of the New Testament:
  Matthew 25:14–30
  Luke 19:11–27
  Although the basic theme of each of these parables is essentially the same, the differences between the parables in the Gospel of Matthew and in the Gospel of Luke are sufficient to indicate that the parables are not derived from the same source. In Matthew, the opening words link the parable to the preceding Parable of the Ten Virgins, which refers to the Kingdom of Heaven. The version in Luke is also called the Parable of the Pounds.
  In both Matthew and Luke, a master puts his servants in charge of his goods while he is away on a trip. Upon his return, the master assesses the stewardship of his servants. He evaluates them according to how faithful each was in making wise investments of his goods to obtain a profit. It is clear that the master sought some profit from the servants' oversight. A gain indicated faithfulness on the part of the servants. The master rewards his servants according to how each has handled his stewardship. He judges two servants as having been "faithful" and gives them a positive reward.
context_section_description: The "Parable of the Talents" has been depicted by artists such as Rembrandt, Jan Luyken, and Matthäus Merian. In literature, the Threepenny Novel (1934), by Bertolt Brecht (1895–1956), presents a social critique of the parable as an ideological tool of capitalist exploitation of the worker and of society.
  In religious music, the hymn "Slave of God, Well Done!", by John Wesley, notably alludes to the "Parable of the Talents" (Matthew 25:23), which was written on the occasion of the death of George Whitefield (1714–1770), the English Anglican cleric who was instrumental to the First Great Awakening (ca. 1731–55) in Britain and in the American colonies. 
  The hymn "Slave of God, Well Done!" begins thus:
  Slave of God, well done!
  
  Thy glorious warfare's past;
  
  The battle's fought, the race is won,
  
  And thou art crowned at last.
caption: The Parable of the Talents, depicted by artist Andrei Mironov. Oil on canvas, 2013
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