1005 B
1005 B
Jesus said, “The kingdom of God…a huge debt worth 200,000 years’ wages.”
This is a direct quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation: “Jesus said that the kingdom of God is like a king…a huge debt worth 200,000 years’ wages.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)
The kingdom of God is like
Another way to say this would be, “God’s rule over people is like” or, “The way God rules people can be compared to.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
is like a king who
This could be translated as, “is like the kingdom of a king who” or, “can be compared with the rule of a king who.”
to settle accounts with his servants
That is, “to collect the debts his servants owed him” or, “to collect the money his servants had borrowed from him.”
two-hundred thousand years
This can be written as numerals: "200,000 years." It represents an exceptionally long time. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)