24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which ought him [a]ten thousand talents.

25 And because he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and the debt to be paid.

26 The servant therefore fell down, and [b]worshipped him, saying, Lord, [c]refrain thine anger toward me, and I will pay thee all.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:24 Here is set down a very great sum of threescore hundred thousand crowns, and a small sum of ten crowns, that the difference may be the greater, for there is no proportion between them.
  2. Matthew 18:26 This was a civil reverence which was very usual in the East.
  3. Matthew 18:26 Yield not too much to thine anger against me: so is God called in the Scripture, slow to anger, that is to say, gentle and one that refraineth the storming of his mind, Ps. 86:5, patient and of great mercy.

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