Talents/ Pounds

Matthew 25:14–30 (INT)

Luke 19:11–27 (INT)

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Elder Bruce R. McConkie explained the significance of the parable in its historical context:

“Jesus was en route to Jerusalem for the last time. In about ten days, he would die upon the cross, and to the Jews generally, it would appear that he had failed to set up the promised Messianic kingdom. To correct the false concept that ‘the kingdom of God’—meaning the political kingdom, the kingdom which should rule all nations with King Messiah at its head, the millennial kingdom—‘should immediately appear,’ Jesus gave the Parable of the Pounds. …

“Christ is the nobleman; the far off country is heaven; the kingdom there to be given him is ‘all power … in heaven and in earth’ (Matt. 28:18); and his promised return is the glorious Second Coming, when the literal and visible kingdom shall be set up on earth. … The servants are commanded to labor in the vineyard on their Lord’s errand until he returns” (Doctrinal New Testament Commentary [1965–73], 1:571–72).

Additional Resources:

The Parable of Talents (Video)