At the end of Chapter 24 of Matthew, the Lord speaks about his second coming, about eventual judgement, and therefore that we will have to give an account of everything that we have received in this life. Things may go well, we may be humanly considered a success, get prizes, recognition, but he is the one who will really be the one to give the real prize, eternal life.

It is a stirring call to responsibility, not to fear or meant to cause an attitude of forced submission. That was chapter 24.

But chapter 25 is the whole area of practical application in the parable of the talents.

Music: Claude Debussy Suite Bergamasque L75-3 Clair De Lune,  Played on Piano by Peter Frankl (1962)

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Thumbnail: Rembrandt drawing of the parable of the talents, reed and ink, Louvre, 1652