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Matthew 18:24

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 24 When he started to settle them, a man was brought in who owed him 10,000 talents.*

Matthew 18:24

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 24 ἀρξαμένου having started δὲ but αὐτοῦ of him συναίρειν to be settling προσήχθη was led toward εἷς one αὐτῷ to him ὀφειλέτης debtor μυρίων of ten thousand ταλάντων. talents.

Matthew 18:24

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 24 When he started to settle them, there was brought in a man who owed him ten thousand talents [=60,000,000 de·narʹi·i].*

Matthew 18:24

The Bible in Living English
- 24 * and when he began his accounting there was one brought to him who was debtor to the amount of ten thousand talents;

Matthew 18:24

American Standard Version
- 24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

Matthew 18:24

The Emphasized Bible
- 24 And when he began to settle there was brought unto him a certain debtor of a thousand talents;

Matthew 18:24

King James Version
- 24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 18

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 18:24
  
  10,000 talents: Just one talent would have been the equivalent of about 20 years’ wages for a common laborer, so it would have taken the average worker thousands of lifetimes of work to repay such a debt. Clearly, Jesus was using hyperbole to illustrate that the debt was impossible to repay. The 10,000 talents of silver equaled 60,000,000 denarii.—See study note on Mt 18:28; Glossary, “Talent”; and App. B14.