Parable of the Talents(Mt. 25:14-30): reverse meaning?!

[Deacon_Joseph]

Has anyone ever heard a reverse telling of the parable of the Talents: Matthew 25:14-30. Where the master was the wicked one? A Priest said this during one of his homilies.

It may have been a static or Sadducean attitude to religious tradition. Also, in verse 16, the verb ‘gained’ is used, which represents winning over converts. And because of this, I thought maybe it may have been viewed to be similar to Matthew 23:15, where Jesus calls the Pharisees hypocrites because they go to great lengths to make one convert, but only to make gains for their sect. Jesus said they are a child of Gehenna for doing that.

So if the talents were a representation of converts to the Sadducees or Pharisees, this may be why a priest at a homily viewed the master in the parable to be the wicked one?

Someone I new thought that the priest may have been putting it in today’s context as it relates to the stock market. Does anyone have any thoughts please.

 

[Eucharisted]

I’ve never heard of this before. I think it’s dangerous to change the meaning of Jesus’ parables.

 

[macleanph]

The reverse telling of the Talents Parable is taken from liberation theology. The parable is taken out of context to define the master as evil and the lazy servant as the wise good one. It was an attempt to change the meaning of the bible to suit the times in Latin America, where the state governments were ignoring the needs of poor. I believe this form of theology developed in the mid 1950’s in South America by Jesuit theologians who believed that the poor, to the exclusion of all others, should be the priority of Church.
The Church saw the danger in this theology which based it’s foundation on the current needs & desires of people. See link below.

catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8872

Hope that helps clears things up. God Bless, Peter