23 “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished (A)to settle accounts with his servants.[a] 24 When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him (B)ten thousand (C)talents.[b] 25 (D)And since he could not pay, his master ordered him (E)to be sold, with his wife and (F)children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:23 Or bondservants; also verses 28, 31
  2. Matthew 18:24 A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer

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