24 When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him (A)ten thousand (B)talents.[a] 25 (C)And since he could not pay, his master ordered him (D)to be sold, with his wife and (E)children and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 So the servant[b] (F)fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:24 A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer
  2. Matthew 18:26 Or bondservant; also verses 27, 28, 29, 32, 33

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