“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.
Matthew 18:24 - The Text-Critical English New Testament As he began to settle accounts, one servant who had a debt of ten thousand talents was brought to him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When he began the accounting, one was brought to him who owed him 10,000 talents [probably about $10,000,000], American Standard Version (1901) And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents. Common English Bible When he began to settle accounts, they brought to him a servant who owed him ten thousand bags of gold. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had begun taking account, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents. |
“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.
But since he did not have anything with which to repay the debt, his master commanded him to be sold along with his wife, his children, and all that he had, so that the debt could be repaid.
To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent, to each according to his ability. And he immediately went on his journey.
The man who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made five more talents.
The man who had received the five talents came to him and brought the other five talents, saying, ‘Master, yoʋ entrusted me with five talents; behold, I have earned five more talents besides them.’
The man who had received the two talents also came to him and said, ‘Master, yoʋ entrusted me with two talents; behold, I have earned two more talents besides them.’
Then the man who had received the one talent came to him and said, ‘Master, I knew that yoʋ were a hard man, reaping where yoʋ did not sow and gathering where yoʋ scattered no seed.
Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the other people who dwell in Jerusalem?
So he summoned each one of his master's debtors. He said to the first, ‘How much do yoʋ owe my master?’
Then he said to another, ‘And how much do yoʋ owe?’ The man said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ The steward said to him, ‘Take yoʋr bill and write eighty.’