Editing Parable of the Talents (section)

==Settings==
While the basic story in each of these parables is essentially the same, the settings are quite different. 
*The setting of the parable of the talents in [[Matthew 25]] is the Mt. Olivet discourse. In [[Matthew 24]]–[[Matthew 25|25]], the overall theme is end-time events, warning, and parables. "The direct cautions and warnings ({{bibleverse|Matthew|24:42|KJV}}, {{bibleverse|Matthew|24:44|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|Matthew|25:13|KJV}}) must be for the disciples (his audience)—warnings to be watchful and to be ready for Christ's coming".
*The setting of the parable of the minas in [[Luke 19]] was out in the open among the crowd. Zacchaeus had just believed and the Lord acknowledged his salvation. But, the crowd was now looking for Jesus to set up his kingdom.<ref name="Finley">Finley, Tom. ''The Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Minas ({{bibleverse|Matthew|25:14–30|KJV}} and {{bibleverse|Luke|19:11–27|KJV}})''. Online: {{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://seekersofchrist.org/talents/talents.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222185449/http://www.seekersofchrist.org/TALENTS/talents.pdf |archive-date=2016-02-22 |access-date=2015-04-17}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2018|reason=Points to a paper on a random religious web site; no information about where this was originally published}}