One Talent People
Jesus once told a story of a wealthy landowner who was preparing for a long journey. He called his three servants and divided his money between them, each according to their ability. To one servant he gave five talents, to a second two, and to a third one. Now a talent was worth 6,000 denarii and one denari was the average pay for a day's labour. So even the servant who was only given one talent had responsibility for a lot of money. But for some reason, each servant was left the responsibility of a greater or lesser amount of the landowner's possessions.