Matthew 18:26 meaning and explanation

Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

Matthew 18:26, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is telling a parable about a king settling accounts with his servants. The servant here owes an impossible sum, ten thousand talents, far beyond any servant's lifetime earnings, and he has just been told he and his family will be sold to pay it.

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