Matthew 18:28 (KJV)
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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
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pence."The Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is sevenpence halfpenny." Mt 20:2
and took. De 15:2 Ne 5:7 Ne 5:10 Ne 5:11 Ne 10:31 Isa 58:3 Eze 45:9
an hundred.Rather, "a hundred denarii," as our penny does not convey one seventh of the meaning. This would amount to about 3£. 2s. 6d. English; which was not one six hundred thousandth part of the 10,000 talents, even calculating them as Roman talents.
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