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28 But that [a]servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred [b]shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

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  1. Matthew 18:28 Greek bondservant.
  2. Matthew 18:28 The word in the Greek denotes a coin worth about eight pence half-penny, or nearly seventeen cents.

28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins.[a] He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.

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  1. Matthew 18:28 Greek a hundred denarii; a denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see 20:2).