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-# General Information:
-
-This is the end of the part of the story that began in [Matthew 18:1](../18/01.md), where Jesus teaches about life in the kingdom of heaven.
-
-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Jesus concludes his parable about forgiveness and reconciliation.
-
 # His master
 
 "The king"
 
-# handed him over
+# handed him over to the torturers
 
-"gave him over." Most likely the king himself did not take the first servant to the torturers. Alternate translation: "he ordered his servants to give him over" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
-
-# to the torturers
-
-"to those who would torture him"
+“he ordered his servants to give him over to those who would torture him”
 
 # that was owed
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "that the first servant owed the king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+“all that he owed”