The parable of the pounds (Luke. 19:11-27)
Answer Text: The parable is referred also as the parable of the gold coins or talents.Jesus was about to enter Jerusalem,he told his disciples and the people listening the parable of the gold coins.He told them a parable of a high ranking nobleman who went into afar country to be made a king and then return.Before he left, he called his 10 servants and gave them each a gold coin.He asked them to trade with the coins.When he returned, he ordered his servants to come before him to say how much they had earned with the gold coins.The first one said he had made a profit of ten more and he was rewarded.He was put in charge of ten cities. The second one had earned five gold coins.He was put in charged of five cities.When the third servant came he said “Lord here is your pound which I kept laid away in napkin, for I was afraid of you, you take up what you did not lay down, and reap where you did not saw.The master was very annoyed with this servant.The Master ordered that the one gold coin be taken away from him and be given to the one who had ten gold coins.The parable taught the need for people to be obedient.
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