the First Week of Lent
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Matthew 18:24
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When he began to settle accounts, one who owed ten thousand talents
And when hee had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousand talents.
When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
"And when he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.
When the king began to collect his money, a servant who owed him several million dollars was brought to him.
"When he began the accounting, one who owed him 10,000 talents was brought to him.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousand talents.
"When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.
When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.
As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
As he was doing this, one official was brought in who owed him fifty million silver coins.
Right away they brought forward a man who owed him many millions;
And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.
The king began to collect his money. One servant owed him several thousand pounds of silver.
And when he began to take the accounting, they brought to him one who owed ten thousand talents.
He had just begun to do so when one of them was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.
And when he began to settle them, someone was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents.
And he having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought near to him.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand
And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.
When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
When he had begun to settle the accounts, a person who owed him ten thousand talents[fn] was brought to him.
And when he began to receive, they brought to him one who owed a myriad talents.
And when he began to reckon, they brought to him one debtor of ten thousand talents.
And when he had begunne to recken, one was brought vnto hym, which ought hym ten thousande talentes.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
But as soon as he began the settlement, one was brought before him who owed 10,000 talents,
And whanne he bigan to rekene, oon that ouyte ten thousynde talentis, was brouyt to hym.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him that owed him $10 billion.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.
And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.
As he began, one of the servants was brought to him who owed him very much money.
When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him;
And, when he, began, to settle, there was brought unto him a, certain, debtor, of a thousand talents;
And when he had begun to take the account, one as brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents;
And when he had begone to recken one was broughte vnto him whiche ought him ten thousande talentis:
and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,
And whan he beganne to reke, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousande poude.
when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him indebted the sum of ten thousand talents.
He wanted to settle up the accounts before winter came on and he talked to a cowboy who owed him ten thousand dollars.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
owed: Luke 7:41, Luke 7:42, Luke 13:4, *marg. Luke 16:5, Luke 16:7
ten thousand: ץסישם [Strong's G3461], פבכבםפשם [Strong's G5007], a myriad of talents, the highest number known in Greek arithmetical notation. According to Prideaux, the Roman talent was equal to 216£; ten thousand of which would amount to 2,160,000£. If the Jewish talent of silver be designed, which is estimated by the same learned writer at 450£, this sum amounts to 4,500,000£; but if the gold talent is meant, which is equal to 7,200£, then the amount is 72,000,000£. This immense sum represents our boundless obligations to God, and our utter incapacity, as sinners infinitely indebted to Divine justice, of paying one mite out of the talent. 1 Chronicles 29:7, Ezra 9:6, Psalms 38:4, Psalms 40:12, Psalms 130:3, Psalms 130:4
talents: "A talent is 750 ounces of silver, which after five shillings the ounce is 187£. 10s."
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:10 - he with whom Esther 3:9 - ten thousand Matthew 25:15 - talents Matthew 25:19 - reckoneth Luke 16:1 - a certain
Cross-References
And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And when he had begun to reckon,.... To open the book of conscience, and to bring to account by some awakening providence, and strong conviction: one was brought unto him; whether he would or no, through the force of an awakened conscience, under guilt and terror;
which owed him ten thousand talents; which must be understood, either of gold, or silver: a talent of silver contained 3,000 shekels, as appears from Exodus 38:25, and was in value of our money 375l. but a talent of gold was equal to 4,500l. of our f money. According to Dr. Prideaux g, a talent of silver was 450l. and a talent of gold, the proportion of gold to silver being reckoned as sixteen to one, was 7,200l. and according to Bishop Cumberland, a talent of silver was 353l. 11s. 10d. ob. and a talent of gold of the same weight, was 5,075l. 15s. 7d. ob. The whole, according to Dr. Hammond, was a thousand eight hundred seventy five thousand pounds, reckoning them silver talents; but if talents of gold are meant, what an immense sum must ten thousand of them be! According to some, seventy two millions sterling. The design of the phrase, is to set forth the exceeding greatness of the debt. Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads it, "ten thousand manehs", or pounds; and so the Persic version: now the value of a maneh of gold, was 75l. and of silver, 7l 10s. h take the sum in the least quantity and value, it was exceeding large. The Arabic version renders it a "sum of talents", without mentioning the number, and may mean an innumerable one. Mention is made of such a number of talents of silver, in Esther 3:9, which Aben Ezra says is defective, and signifies ten thousand thousand talents. The "second" Targum on the place says, that the sum of six hundred thousand zuzim, drachms, or pence (i.e. Roman ones) is ten thousand talents of silver. These "ten thousand talents" intend sins, which are called debts, in Scripture; not that they are properly so, or owing to God, for then it would be right to pay them, but because they bind over to punishment. All men owe a debt of thankfulness to God, for their beings, the preservation of them, and all the mercies of life; and a debt of obedience to the whole law, in failure of which, they are obliged to punishment: hence every sin becomes a debt, and these are numerous; indwelling sin, and the lusts thereof, are innumerable; as are actual sins and transgressions, they are more than the hairs of a man's head, and are fitly expressed, both for the weight and quantity of them, by "ten thousand talents". In this light they appear to the conscience of an awakened sinner, who sees that he has been doing nothing but sin, all the days of his life; and that he has been continually breaking the law, one precept or another of it, in thought, word, or deed: which violations of the law, even in word and deed, are risen up to so great a sum, that he is not able to give it to any nearness, and with any exactness; he cannot understand all his errors, nor express the full number of them, or declare all their aggravated circumstances; besides the swarms of corruption of internal lusts and sins, which he observes dwelling in his heart, and are as innumerable as the motes and atoms in a sunbeam. The sins of God's people, which have been all made to meet upon Christ, have been laid upon him by his Father's imputation of them to him, with his own consent, are represented in this manner; see Psalms 40:12. And indeed, if the debts of one of them amount to ten thousand talents, what must the sum of all be, put together! and how great must be the strength and power of Christ, to bear the weight of these sins, and not be broken or discouraged, and fail, as he did not! and what a rich virtue and efficacy must there be in his blood, to pay off all these debts, and make satisfaction for them, which could never have been done, if he had not done it! for, it is impossible that a person in such circumstances as here described, should ever be able to recover himself, or pay his debts, as follows.
f Brerewood de Nummis Heb. c. 4. g Connection, Vol. 1. Preface, p. 20. h Brerewood de Numuis. Heb. c. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ten thousand talents - A talent was a sum of money, or weight of silver or gold amounting to three thousand shekels. A silver shekel was worth, after the captivity, not far from half a dollar of our money. A talent of silver was worth (circa 1880’s) 1,519.23 =342 British pounds, 3 shillings, 9d.; of gold, 243,098.88 =5,475 British pounds. If these were silver talents, as is probable, then the sum owed by the servant was 15,180,000, or about 3,421, 875 British sterling (circa 1880’s), a sum which proves that he was not a domestic, but some tributary prince. The sum is used to show that the debt was immensely large, and that our sins are so great that they cannot be estimated or numbered. Compare Job 22:5.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 18:24. Ten thousand talents — μυριων ταλαντων, a myriad of talents, the highest number known in Greek arithmetical notation. An immense sum, which, if the silver talent be designed, amounts to 4,500,000 sterling; but if the gold talent be meant which is by far the most likely, then the amount is 67,500,000 sterling, a sum equal to the annual revenue of the British empire! See the note on Exodus 25:39. The margin above is incorrect.
