This is the third of a four-part teaching series on the "readiness" parables of Matthew Chapter 24/25 concerning what we are and are not to do in order to be ready for our Master's return. In this installment, we are going to explore the Parable of the Talents. Whereas the Parable of the Ten Virgins suffers much violence from wild interpretations, the Parable of the Talents is rarely taught from the perspective of a first-century Greco Roman Jewish peasant. It makes it a lot more interesting!