Matthew 18:24

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

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Before · Matthew 18:22–23

22Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven. 23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

24When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

After · Matthew 18:25–26

25But 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. 26The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

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FootnoteTen 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.

Matthew 18:24

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