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# General Information:
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To emphasize what he is going to tell Simon the Pharisee, Jesus tells him a story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])
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# A certain moneylender had two debtors
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"Two men owed money to a certain moneylender"
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# five hundred denarii
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"500 days' wages." "Denarii" is the plural of "denarius." A "denarius" was a silver coin. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# the other fifty
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"the other debtor owed fifty denarii" or "50 days' wages"
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