One talent was equal to about 20 years worth of wages for a laborer. By today's standards, one talent would equal about $600,000 USD. Multiplied by 10,000 (the amount the servant owed in 18:24), the debt would have been $6 billion! Jesus uses this illustration to show that, without forgiveness from God, our debt to him is impossible to pay.
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