24As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of goldGreek ten thousand talents; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer’s wages.was brought to him.
25Since 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.26“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
27The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.