Allusions in The Arts
The parable of the talents has been depicted by artists such as Rembrandt, Jan Luyken, and Matthäus Merian. Bertolt Brecht attacks the parable as a tool of capitalist ideology in the Threepenny Novel.
A number of hymns mention the parable, notably John Wesley's "Servant of God, Well Done!", which refers to Matthew 25:23, and was written on the death of George Whitefield. It begins:
Servant of God, well done!
Thy glorious warfare’s past;
The battle’s fought, the race is won,
And thou art crowned at last.
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