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.

Cross References

• 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

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