At festival time the governor was in the habit of releasing any one prisoner whom the crowd chose.

At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Jesus Bar-Abbas;

But as that servant went away, he met one of his fellow-servants who owed him twenty pounds, and seizing him by the throat he said, 'Pay your debt!'

So his fellow-servant fell down and implored him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.'

Now when his fellow-servants saw what had happened they were greatly distressed, and they went and explained to their master all that had happened.

Ought you not to have had mercy on your fellow-servant, as I had on you?'

and if he starts to beat his fellow-servants and to eat and drink with drunkards,

and said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the temple of God and build it in three days.'"

When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."