MATTHEW 18:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.”
And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. The king's initial response to the unpayable debt is the legally standard one: sell the debtor and his family into slavery. The ordered-to-be-sold communicates the legal reality of debt in the ancient world: the unpaying debtor and his family become the creditor's property.
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