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24 As[a] he began settling his accounts, a man who owed 10,000 talents[b] was brought to him.

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  1. Matthew 18:24 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
  2. Matthew 18:24 sn A talent was a huge sum of money, equal to 6,000 denarii. One denarius was the usual day’s wage for a worker. L&N 6.82 states, “a Greek monetary unit (also a unit of weight) with a value which fluctuated, depending upon the particular monetary system which prevailed at a particular period of time (a silver talent was worth approximately 6,000 denarii with gold talents worth at least thirty times that much).”