Matthew 25:
- “His master said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you know that I reap where I have not sown, and that I gather where I have not winnowed;
- So you should have given my money to the bankers, and when I returned, I would have withdrawn what was mine with interest.
- So take the talent away from him, and give it to the man with the ten talents.
- For to him who has shall be given, and he shall have plenty; but to him who has not shall be taken away even that which he has.
- And the useless servant, cast him into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
But then, doesn’t a parable conceal tons of subtleties inaccessible to the average believer? So much so, in fact, that the Church has long been reluctant to allow biblical texts to be read by the general public3. In this particular case, however, it would seem that the message of « holy complementarity » between Gospels and the banking business has got through. As proof, who among the faithful today would question the fact that a bank4 may call itself “Banco Espirito Santo”?
Read more in Homo juchremanensis (e-pub/kindle)
