Matthew 18:24

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

When he began figuring, one of his servants, who owed him a huge sum of money [Note: The amount is variously estimated to be in the multiple millions of dollars in 2005], was brought to him.

Cross References

Matthew 18:23

“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is similar to a certain king who decided to settle his account with his servants.

Matthew 18:25

But since he did not have enough [money] to pay [what he owed], his master ordered that he, his wife, his children and all his possessions be sold [in order] to pay [his debt].

Matthew 25:15

He gave one servant five talents [Note: This ‘talent’ was a large sum of money in the form of a certain weight of silver. It was the equivalent of sixty years of a farm laborer’s wages, or about $1,400,000 in 2005 income]. He gave two talents to another servant and one talent to another. He gave to each one an amount in keeping with his ability [to invest it wisely], and then left on his trip.

Matthew 25:16

The one with the five talents soon invested the money in business transactions which netted him five more.

Matthew 25:20

The one who had been given five talents came bringing another five and reported, ‘Master, you entrusted me with five talents. Look, I have earned five more with them.’

Matthew 25:22

And the one who was given two talents came and reported, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. Look, I have earned two more with them.’

Matthew 25:24

Then the one who was given [only] one talent came and reported, ‘Master, I knew you were a difficult man who reaped where you had not sown, and gathered a harvest where you had not scattered seed,

Luke 13:4

Or do you think that those eighteen persons who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them were worse offenders than all the [other] men who lived in Jerusalem?

Luke 16:5

So, he called on each one of his master’s customers and said to the first one, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Luke 16:7

Then he said to another [customer], ‘And how much do you owe [him]?’ And he answered, ‘One thousand bushels of wheat.’ The property manager said to him, ‘Take your contract and write eight hundred [bushels].’