by Lionesses of Africa Operations Department
We have always been slightly troubled by the Parable of the Talents from the Book of Matthew (a Talent was worth around 6,000 Denarii, which given a single Denarii was a payment for a day’s work in the fields, this was about 20 year’s labour!). With our background in Investment Banking one could be forgiven for thinking we too would understand the rewards for the servants who turned this huge sum into something far larger, and the servant who buried it away to ensure that he lost none before his Master returned, being scorned (it actually says: “…cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” - Yikes!).
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