26 Bible Verses about Debt
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so he sent for every one of his master's debtors in private, he ask'd the first, how much do you owe my master?
upon which the lord of that vassal, touch'd with compassion, gave him his liberty, and discharged him of the debt.
I think, said Simon, he that had the greatest debt remitted to him. you are in the right, said Jesus.
but being insolvent, his lord gave orders that he, with his wife, and children, and all that he had, should be sold for payment.
and cancell'd the obligation of the ceremonial law, which was disadvantageous to us, removing that which divided us, and nailing it to the cross.
when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him indebted the sum of ten thousand talents.
let the husband discharge his obligations to his wife: and likewise the wife to the husband.
which he would not allow: but immediately threw him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
A certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed five hundred denarys, and the other fifty.
but this very servant presently after met with one of his fellow-servants, who owed him an hundred pence: and violently seizing him, said, pay me the debt.
I owe what service I can do to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians, to the learned, and to the illiterate.
then he said to another, how much do you owe? a hundred measures of wheat, said he. take your bill, says the steward, and write out one for fourscore.
having not wherewithal to pay it, he freely discharged them both of the debt. tell me now, which of the two will love him most?
so that his lord in great displeasure delivered him to the jayler till he should pay the whole debt.
if he has wrong'd you, or is indebted to you, place that to my account.
and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
then his lord order'd him to be call'd, and said to him, O thou wicked slave, I forgave thee all thy debt, upon your request:
they have thought fit, I say, and they owed them as much. for if the Gentiles have participated of their spirituals, they are bound on their side to minister to them in their temporals.
and if it be by favour, it is not upon the account of merit. for then mercy would not be mercy.
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Matthew 18:32then his lord order'd him to be call'd, and said to him, O thou wicked slave, I forgave thee all thy debt, upon your request:
