There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.

I tell you, you will not be released from there until you have paid the last coin [Note: This coin amounted to about five minutes of a farm laborer's pay, or about fifty cents in 1994]."

to one he gave twelve hundred pounds, to another five hundred, and to another two hundred and fifty; each got according to his capacity. Then the man went abroad.

The first came up saying, 'Your five pounds has made other fifty, sir.'

Then he said to the bystanders, 'Take the five pounds from him and give it to the man with fifty.'