¥A king is settling accounts with his Ôservants.Õ
¥The size of the fellowÕs debt (10,000 talents) indicates that he is a high-level official in the royal bureaucracy.
¥One talent = 60-75 lb of silver (25-30 Kg)
¥According to Josephus (Ant 12.175), the annual tax revenue of Palestine was 8,000 talents.