Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.

After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’