" Parable of the Minas (Talents)"

Willem de Poorter was a Dutch Golden Age painter.  He was a painter of historical and (chiefly) biblical subjects, as well as allegories and still-lifes. Born in Haarlem, where he may have undergone an initial training, his earliest works suggest that by 1633 he had already studied with Rembrandt, whose influence remains with him throughout his career. He seems to have been based mostly in Haarlem, a Municipality in the Netherlands and capital city of North Holland, where he is mentioned in documents until 1648, but in 1645 he was living in Wijk, near Heusden.Jesus told the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-30 to show that people should take the abilities that God bestows and make the most of them.

A talent in that time was an 80-pound bag of gold, so it was a very rich man who before taking a trip entrusted one servant with five talents, another with two and a third with one and returned to learn that the first two servants had each doubled the money while the third had buried his and not increased it.

The first two servants were rewarded, but the third was severely chastised.

Clerics explain that  responsibilities come with gifts.

The parable explained that every human being has an intrinsically great value in their humanity, which carries the image of God. The parable mirrors the essential ability, value and power of being human, so a lot of people look at this and wonder, what talent do I have or what can I do in church?

But it is really about more than that. The value is our complete humanity and our ability to make a difference in the world. Jesus was teaching that a responsibility comes with being given the great gift of life in the image in God. 
It’s not as if you get to keep 10 bags of gold and go create your own kingdom. The good servants are invited to share in God’s happiness in God’s kingdom.The reward is closeness with the king. What he wants to do is share. God shared his image with us and in the end he wants to share his happiness with us. He wants us to live wholehearted lives of our own with the gifts he has given us. Being given a gift and squandering it is disappointing all the way around.

Our abilities are our time, our talent and our treasure and we have to use them doing what God wants us to do so that people see the light of Christ through our lives and actions. We are held accountable if we use our gifts in the wrong ways.