16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

“Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them.

So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’

So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.’

But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe.’

Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent.

I say to you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent.”

And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

“So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

“When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

“Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.

But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.

And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him.

Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again?