1 / 600,000. Matthew 18.

I've read different opinions on the value of talents and denarii, the money Jesus used in His Kingdom parable recorded in Matthew 18:23-35. The large amount owed by the first servant is an impossibly large amount, and the amount owed to the first servant is about 100 days wages. The figure that seemed most authoritative was that the first servant owed 600,000 times as much as he was owed. Or as Jesus put it, the first servant wouldn't forgive an amount that was 1/600,000th of the amount he had been forgiven.

Why not?

That's really the question Jesus presents to His followers and to us. When you step into His Kingdom, you've been forgiven an impossibly large amount. Gratitude alone ought to guide your thoughts and actions. Mercy and forgiveness are the pathway into the Kingdom, and the tell-tale signs you live in His Kingdom.