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fully express. She thought all the scenes were mysteries, the throat and demanded instant payment. His fellow
but her heart was telling her something valuable about servant fell down before him and begged for a little more
them. time. “Be patient with me, and I will pay it,” he pleaded.
But this creditor wouldn’t wait. He had his fellow servant
She gave another try after resting a bit and positioned arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in
again the eyepiece onto her strained eyes, wanting to see full. So when his fellow servants saw what had been done,
the lower portion of the city. they were very upset and went to the king and told him
everything that had happened. Then the king called in the
She then saw two men who acted like a servant and a man he had forgiven and said, “You evil servant! I forgave
master of the household. When the master went away, this you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me.
servant began to beat the menservants and maidservants Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I
in the household. Afterwards he indulged himself in eating had mercy on you? Then the angry king sent the man to
and drinking without knowing that his master had returned. prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.
He was unprepared for the coming of his master and he Alison this time couldn’t bear what she saw. She felt heavy
was beaten with many stripes. and she could feel her heart thumping fast. She paused for

Alison was in turmoil upon seeing SHE FELT HEAVY AND SHE COULD FEEL
that scene. She couldn’t believe this HER HEART THUMPING FAST. SHE
was happening now in her city. But PAUSED FOR A MOMENT, THOUGHT FOR
she couldn’t stop because she A MOMENT, CLOSED HER EYES AND
wanted to know if there was more. TOOK A DEEP BREATH.
Then, she looked again into the
telescope.

This time she saw a palace, and there a moment, thought for a moment, closed her eyes and took
was a man who resembled a king. He was standing and a a deep breath. Another scene flashed before her eyes the
servant was brought before him. The servant appeared to moment she glided the telescope in another direction.
have borrowed money from him. The king decided to bring
his accounts up to date with this servant who owed him ten She saw a man who seemed to be a landowner. He planted
thousand talents (millions of dollars). But this servant a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out
couldn’t pay him back, and so his master ordered that he the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased
be sold—along with his wife, his children and everything he the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another
owned—to pay the debt. country. At the time of the grape harvest, he sent his
servants to collect his share of the crop. But the farmers
But the man fell down before his master and begged him, grabbed his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned
saying, “Master, please, be patient with me, and I will pay it another. The landowner sent a larger group of his servants
all.” Then his master was filled with pity for him and he to collect for him, but the results were the same. Finally,
released him and forgave his debt. the owner sent his son, thinking, “Surely they will respect
But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant my son.” But when the tenant farmers saw his son coming,
who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by