26 Bible Verses about Debt

So, he called on each one of his master's customers and said to the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?'

And the master of that servant felt deep pity [for him], so released him [from custody] and canceled his debt.

Simon answered, "The one who had the largest debt canceled, I suppose." Jesus said to him, "You are right."

Do not owe anything to anyone, except to love one another. For the person who loves others has fulfilled [the requirements of] the law.

So then, brothers, we are under obligation, but not to live under [the control of] the flesh,

But since he did not have enough [money] to pay [what he owed], his master ordered that he, his wife, his children and all his possessions be sold [in order] to pay [his debt].

He canceled the document written in ordinances [Note: This obviously refers to the Mosaic law] that was against us and was opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

When he began figuring, one of his servants, who owed him a huge sum of money [Note: The amount is variously estimated to be as much as $50,000,000 in 1994], was brought to him.

The husband should fulfill his [marital] duty to his wife, and the wife should do the same thing for her husband.

But he would not do it. Instead, he took him and had him thrown into prison until he paid [him] all he owed.

Now wages are not considered a gift if the person has to work for them, but [rather] an obligation [of his employer].

[Jesus then gave this parable]: A certain moneylender had two men who owed him money; one owed him five hundred coins [Note: The total amount was days of a farm laborer's pay, or about $35,000 in 1994], and the other man [owed him] fifty coins [Note: About $3,500 in 1994].

But that [same] servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants who owed him a small sum of money [Note: The amount was about days of a farm laborer's pay or about $7,000 in 1994]. He grabbed him by the throat, saying, 'Pay [me] what you owe.'

I have a debt to pay [i.e., an obligation to preach] to Greeks and heathens; to the educated and to the ignorant.

Then he said to another [customer], 'And how much do you owe [him]?' And he answered, 'One thousand bushels of wheat.' The property manager said to him, 'Take your contract and write eight hundred [bushels].'

When these two men did not have [the money] to repay him, the moneylender canceled [the debts of] both of them. Now which of them will love him more?"

His master then became furious and turned him over [to the authorities] to be punished until he paid all that he owed.

But if he has done anything wrong to you, or owes you any [money], charge it to my account.

And forgive us of the wrongs we have done to others, since we have also forgiven the wrongs done to us.

Then his master called for him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I canceled all of your debt because you begged me to.

For they thought it was a good idea, and [besides] they were indebted to those Jewish Christians. For if the Gentiles [have] shared in the spiritual blessings of the Jews, [then] they owe it to those Jews to help meet their material needs.

And if [they were selected] by God's unearned favor, [then] the choice is not based on the good that people may do. Otherwise, God's favor would not be [really] unearned.

[This] Jesus was delivered up [to die] for our sins and was raised [from the dead] to make us right with God.