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24 The first servant was brought in. He owed the king a very large sum of money.

25 He could not pay it. So his master said, "Go sell him, his wife, his children, and everything he has, and pay me!"

26 So the servant bowed down in front of him. He begged, "Sir, give me time. I will pay everything."

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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,(A) the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold(B) to repay the debt.

26 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him.(C) ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:24 Greek ten thousand talents; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer’s wages.