Matthew 18:24
When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
In Context
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:7and they gave for the service of God’s house of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, of silver ten thousand talents, of bronze eighteen thousand talents, and of iron one hundred thousand talents.
Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
Psalms 130:3If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
Luke 13:4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
Luke 16:7Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
Matthew Henry on Matthew 18:22-35
Christian Worshippers Encouraged; The Cruel Creditor. 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. 23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. 24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay,… Read the whole commentary →