For 10 points, name this story told by Jesus about three slaves who were given various amounts of money.
Gregory the Great's unusual interpretation of this Biblical narrative concerns God's gifts of theory, practice, and the five senses, while St. Augustine's gloss is that God is covetous with regard to man's salvation. The non-canonical Gospel of the Hebrews depicts one of the figures in this narrative as a wastrel addicted to harlots and flute girls, while another version incorporates the allegory of the throne-pretender. In the canonical version of this story, one character's actions exclude him from being welcomed into his "lord's joy" upon the lord's return home. A seduction in John Milton's Comus involves a perversion of this story, and Milton also made use of this tale is in "On His Blindness". In a similar narrative in Luke's gospel, two of the figures in this story are made stewards of many cities, while they are commended as "good and faithful servants" in Matthew's version. For 10 points, name this story told by Jesus about three slaves who were given various amounts of money.
Gregory the Great's unusual interpretation of this Biblical narrative concerns God's gifts of theory, practice, and the five senses, while St. Augustine's gloss is that God is covetous with regard to man's salvation.
parable of the talents or parable of the pounds or parable of the minas