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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus uses a parable to teach about forgiveness and reconciliation.
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# the kingdom of heaven is similar
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This introduces a parable. See how you translated a similar parable introduction in [Matthew 13:24](../13/24.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])
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# to settle accounts with his servants
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"his servants to pay him what they owed"
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# one servant was brought
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "someone brought one of the king's servant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# ten thousand talents
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"10,000 talents" or "more money than the servant could ever repay" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# his master commanded him to be sold ... and payment to be made
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "the king commanded his servants to sell the man ... and to pay the debt with the money from the sale" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) |