Even more so when talents are not gifts or skills.. but weight, a weight measurement.. Like a talent of gold.. which is/was the weight of the King in Gold.. This parable was a Jewish idiom about weight measure.. Amazing that so many have no idea what this parable means when its so important TO THEM and their future..
Human life is a Maze.. a test.. Failure is Draconian, success is Utopian.. Could even be a contest.. or better a qualification for some future Universal Authority over a “few or many things”.. I like qualification better.. but test works.. Jesus implied many of these things.. If his metaphors can be decrypted its not a secret....
The parable of the talents comes to mind...
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Sure fits my construction on reality.