²⁴ As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold^[a] was brought to him.

⁵ “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

⁴ Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam^(A) fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

⁶ and prayed:

⁷ “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’

“‘A thousand bushels^[a] of wheat,’ he replied.

“He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’

⁴¹ “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,^[a] and the other fifty. ⁴² Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”