Thematic Bible: Talent
Thematic Bible
Talent » Value of » Parables of the
He gave one servant five talents [Note: This 'talent' was a large sum of money in the form of a certain weight of silver. It was the equivalent of sixty years of a farm laborer's wages, or about $750,000 in income]. He gave two talents to another servant and one talent to another. He gave to each one an amount in keeping with his ability [to invest it wisely], and then left on his trip.
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Take the one talent away from him, therefore, and give it to the servant who had the ten talents.
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When he began figuring, one of his servants, who owed him a huge sum of money [Note: The amount is variously estimated to be as much as $50,000,000 in 1994], was brought to him.
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Talent » A weight equal to three-thousand shekels-about one hundred twenty-five pounds
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Talent
And huge hailstones, weighing about one hundred pounds each, fell on people from the sky, and they cursed God because of this plague of hailstones, for it was an extremely severe plague.
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