16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

"Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'

"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'

"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'

Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.

I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

"When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

"Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"