Here is information we learned from the manual:
The parable refers to “ten thousand talents” (verse 24) and “an hundred pence” (verse 28). “During the first century A.D., it is estimated that 10,000 talents equaled 100,000,000 denarii.
One denarius was a typical day’s wage for a common laborer. If that laborer worked three hundred days a year, it would take about 33 years for him to be able to purchase one talent.
And it would take over 300,000 years to earn 10,000 talents, the sum of the servant’s debt” (Jay A. Parry and Donald W. Parry,Understanding the Parables of Jesus Christ [2006], 95).
The servant owed the King more than he could ever pay back!
But the King had mercy on him and forgave him the debt.
Then, that same servant found someone who owed him an hundred pence.
He became angry and wanted his money now!...when the man asked for patience he would not: but cast him into prison! By comparison, the 100 pence owed by the fellow servant is about one million times less than the debt owed by the first servant.
One denarius was a typical day’s wage for a common laborer. If that laborer worked three hundred days a year, it would take about 33 years for him to be able to purchase one talent.
And it would take over 300,000 years to earn 10,000 talents, the sum of the servant’s debt” (Jay A. Parry and Donald W. Parry,Understanding the Parables of Jesus Christ [2006], 95).
The servant owed the King more than he could ever pay back!
But the King had mercy on him and forgave him the debt.
Then, that same servant found someone who owed him an hundred pence.
He became angry and wanted his money now!...when the man asked for patience he would not: but cast him into prison! By comparison, the 100 pence owed by the fellow servant is about one million times less than the debt owed by the first servant.
Think of the Savior as the King...
We are the servants who, because of the Atonement, owe HIM more than we can possibly ever pay back. In fact, we can never pay him back! One reason is because we have sinned and no unclean thing can enter into the Kingdom of God. We cannot be good enough or live long enough, or serve others enough to wipe away even one sin! We would thus be consigned to be angels to the devil.
Just imagine how much the Savior loved each of us to suffer, bleed and die so that we can have the opportunity to live again and return to our Father in Heaven. We should remember HIM and his sacrifice each Sabbath day as we partake of the Sacrament. That should be a sacred time for each of us!
The rest of the story is to be kind and forgiving to others like Christ is to us.
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