A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred denarii [$70], and the other fifty [$7].

for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them recline in companies of fifty each;

And he said, A hundred baths [1,350 gallons] of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

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]."

And you, the steward said to the next, 'how much do you owe?' 'Seventy quarters of wheat,' he replied. 'Here is your agreement,' the steward said; 'make it fifty-six.'

When the second came, he said 'Your ten pounds, Sir, have produced fifty.'

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.'

'Sir,' they said, 'he has fifty already!'