Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
Matthew 18:24 - English Majority Text Version And when he began to settle up, one debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
But since he had nothing with which to repay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.
And to the one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
Then the one receiving the five talents went and traded with them, and made five other talents.
And the one who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I gained five more talents besides them.'
"And also the one receiving the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.'
"Then the one having received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that these were offenders more than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?
And having summoned each one of his master's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' So he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'