16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

'Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

'And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them;

The servant then, having fallen down, was bowing to him, saying, Sir, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;

His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;

'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.

I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!

And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

'And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

'And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.

and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.

'And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?