²² Jesus answered, “I tell you, you must forgive him not just seven times, but ·seventy times seven times [or seventy-seven times; ^Cthe Greek can mean either 490 or 77; the point is unlimited forgiveness]!

²³ “[^LTherefore; For this reason] The kingdom of heaven is like a king who decided to ·collect the money his servants owed him [^Lsettle accounts with his servants/slaves]. ²⁴ When the king began ·to collect his money [the settlement/reckoning], a ·servant [slave] who owed him ·several million dollars [or billions of dollars; ^Lten thousand talents; ^Ca talent was worth about six thousand days’ wages; this is an impossibly high debt] was brought to him.