NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 24

Matthew 18:24

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When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

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Matthew 18:24 in context

Matthew 18:21–27

21

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

22

Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

23

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

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When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

25

But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

27

The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.

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  1. Ten thousand talents (about 300 metric tons of silver) represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day’s wages for agricultural labor.

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