Matthew 18:23-25

23 "Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished ¹to settle accounts with his servants.^[a]

24 When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ²ten thousand ³talents.^[b]

25 ⁴And since he could not pay, his master ordered him ⁵to be sold, with his wife and ⁶children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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Cross References 6

1. Matthew 25:19
2. Esther 3:9
3. Matthew 25:15
4. [Luke 7:42]
5. Exodus 21:2; Leviticus 25:39
6. 2 Kings 4:1; Nehemiah 5:5

Footnotes 2

[a]. Greek bondservants; also verses 28, 31
[b]. A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer

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