16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

“Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

“Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

So the slave fell on his knees and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’

So his fellow slave fell on his knees and begged him earnestly, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.’

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

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid the last cent.

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

Jesus 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 wealthy neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

“So whenever you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not blow a trumpet before you [to advertise it], as the hypocrites do [like actors acting out a role] in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored and recognized and praised by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.

“Also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray [publicly] standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets so that they may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.

“And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a sad and dismal face [like actors, discoloring their faces with ashes or dirt] so that their fasting may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.

But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak.

But because he could not repay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and his children and everything that he possessed, and payment to be made.

But he was unwilling and he went and had him thrown in prison until he paid back the debt.

And in wrath his master turned him over to the torturers (jailers) until he paid all that he owed.

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