Matthew 18:28
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
Note A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; see Matthew 20:2.
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
“But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
Note 100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent, or about 500 grams (1.1 pounds) of silver.
But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Matthew 18:28
- pence."The Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is sevenpence halfpenny."
- Matthew 20:2
- and took
- Deuteronomy 15:2; Nehemiah 5:7, 10, 11; Nehemiah 10:31; Isaiah 58:3; Ezekiel 45:9