²³“That is why the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴When he began to do this, a servant who owed him millions of dollars was brought to him. ²⁵Because he could not pay off the debt, the master ordered him, his wife, his children, and all that he had to be sold to pay off the account. ²⁶Then the servant fell at his master’s feet and said, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay everything!’

²⁷“The master felt sorry for his servant, freed him, and canceled his debt. ²⁸But when that servant went away, he found a servant who owed him hundreds of dollars. He grabbed the servant he found and began to choke him. ‘Pay what you owe!’ he said.

²⁹“Then that other servant fell at his feet and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’ ³⁰But he refused. Instead, he turned away and had that servant put into prison until he would repay what he owed.

³¹“The other servants who worked with him saw what had happened and felt very sad. They told their master the whole story.

³²“Then his master sent for him and said to him, ‘You evil servant! I canceled your entire debt, because you begged me. ³³Shouldn’t you have treated the other servant as mercifully as I treated you?’

³⁴“His master was so angry that he handed him over to the torturers until he would repay everything that he owed.

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