Fondare 99 Risultati per: parable of the talents
In truth, a certain part of that which impious Simon had reported belonged to Hyrcanus, son of Tobias, a very eminent man. But the entire amount was four hundred talents of silver and two hundred of gold. (2 Maccabees 3, 11)
He went to the king, promising him three hundred and sixty talents of silver, and from other revenues eighty talents, (2 Maccabees 4, 8)
And he, being recommended to the king, when he had magnified the appearance of his power, usurped the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver. (2 Maccabees 4, 24)
Therefore, when Antiochus had taken away from the temple one thousand eight hundred talents, he quickly returned to Antioch, thinking, in his arrogance, to navigate the earth, even by finding a passage leading across the open ocean: such was the elation of his mind. (2 Maccabees 5, 21)
Moreover, Nicanor decided to raise a tribute for the king of two thousand talents, which was to be given to the Romans, and which would be supplied by means of the captivity of the Jews. (2 Maccabees 8, 10)
He shall turn his soul to a parable and to its interpretation, to the words of the wise and their enigmas. (Proverbs 1, 6)
In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish. (Proverbs 26, 7)
In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish. (Proverbs 26, 9)
A parable from the mouth of a fool will be rejected. For he does not speak it at the proper time. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 22)
you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute? (Isaiah 14, 4)
And I will give them over, with upheaval and affliction, to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a disgrace, and a parable, and a proverb, and a curse in all the places to which I have cast them out. (Jeremiah 24, 9)
“Son of man, propose an enigma and describe a parable to the house of Israel, (Ezekiel 17, 2)
