The minister preached a sermon on the parable of the lost sheep.

牧师讲道时用了亡羊的比喻。

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I launched into the parable, embellishing the story with invented dialogue and extra details.

我开始投入地讲这个寓言，编了些对话和额外细节为故事添油加醋。

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So this is the parable of the talents.

这是关于才能的寓言。

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The conclusion of this parable seems so violent perhaps because the lesson to be learned from the parable is so uncertain.

这个故事的结尾看起来太残酷了,可能因为这个寓言想要教给我们的东西太不确定。

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So the first parable that we have to look at is the one that without question instilled the most anxiety in Milton, and that's the parable of the talents from Matthew 25.

我们要看的第一个寓言,毫无疑问,就是关于弥尔顿最为焦虑的，问题的马修25中关于天资的寓言。

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There's a lot more to say about the parable of the talents and the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, but we have run out of time.

关于才能和葡萄园的劳工的寓言,还有很多可以说的，但我们没有时间了。

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Inspiration came from the parable of the talents, in which Jesus tells the story of a man who entrusts money to his servants, he said.

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Rebuilding is expected to provide a major boost to GDP, though pace the parable of the broken window, the statistics may mask the economic damage.

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Then you have the parable of the Golden Goose.

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