Matthew 18:23-25

23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

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

25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

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Cross References 4

1. S Matthew 13:24
2. Matthew 25:19
3. Luke 7:42
4. Leviticus 25:39; 2 Kings 4:1; Nehemiah 5:5,8

Footnotes 1

[a]. Greek "ten thousand talents" ; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer’s wages.

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