Matthew 18:22-24
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
22 Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven[a] times.
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
23 “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents[b] was brought to him;
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- Matthew 18:22 Or seventy times seven
- Matthew 18:24 A talent was worth more than fifteen years’ wages of a laborer
Matthew 18:22-24
New International Version
22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.[a](A)
23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like(B) a king who wanted to settle accounts(C) with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold[b] was brought to him.
Footnotes
- Matthew 18:22 Or seventy times seven
- Matthew 18:24 Greek ten thousand talents; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer’s wages.
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