Matthew 18:24

As he began to settle them, a man was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents.

Matthew 18:24, Readable English Bible (READ)

Note: A talent was worth about twenty years of a worker's pay; ten thousand talents was a huge sum no servant could ever repay.

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