24. He had just begun to do so when one of them was brought in who owed him millions of pounds.
25. The servant did not have enough to pay his debt, so the king ordered him to be sold as a slave, with his wife and his children and all that he had, in order to pay the debt.
26. The servant fell on his knees before the king. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay you everything!’
27. The king felt sorry for him, so he forgave him the debt and let him go.