Matthew 18:24 “As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was b…”

Matthew 18:24

As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousand talents.

Darby Translation

And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.

Young's Literal Translation

and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,

Bible in Basic English

And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

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Cross references

“owed”

Luke 13:4 Luke 16:5 Luke 16:7 Luke 7:41 Luke 7:42

Luke 13:4 · BSB

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?

Luke 16:5 · BSB

And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

Luke 16:7 · BSB

Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

Luke 7:41 · BSB

“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

Luke 7:42 · BSB

When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”

“ten thousand”

Psalm 38:4 Ezra 9:6 Psalm 40:12 1 Chronicles 29:7 Psalm 130:3 Psalm 130:4

Psalm 38:4 · BSB

For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

Ezra 9:6 · BSB

and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

Psalm 40:12 · BSB

For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

1 Chronicles 29:7 · BSB

Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

Psalm 130:3 · BSB

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

Psalm 130:4 · BSB

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

25Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

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