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Matthew 18:23–25

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23“For this reason athe kingdom of heaven 1may be compared to a king who wished to bsettle accounts with his slaves.

24“When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him 1ten thousand talents was brought to him.

25“But since he 1adid not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him bto be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit was compared to
  2. 1A talent was worth more than fifteen years’ wages of a laborer
  3. 1Or was unable to

Cross references

  1. aMatt 13:24
  2. bMatt 25:19
  3. aLuke 7:42
  4. bEx 21:2; Lev 25:39; 2 Kin 4:1; Neh 5:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle accounts, one who owed ten thousand talents was brought before him. Since he did not have the money to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him. In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars. He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man—a king—who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. And when he began to settle them, someone was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents. And because he did not have enough to repay it, the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.