24 When he began to settle accounts, one who owed ten thousand talents[a] was brought before him. 25 Since he did not have the money to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.(A)

26 “At this, the servant fell facedown before him and said, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you everything.’

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Footnotes

  1. 18:24 A talent is worth about 6,000 denarii, or twenty years’ wages for a laborer

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