When you read the parable of the talents, listen again to the praise spoken of the master to each of the first two servants: “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master” (Matthew 25:21, 23 ESV). While we bet you have heard a sermon or Bible study at one time or another focusing on the first part of the praise (“Well done, good and faithful servant”), we sometimes forget the final part
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