16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

Because of this the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a king, who wanted to settle account with his bondmen.

Now after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes, and takes up accounting with them.

The bondman therefore having fallen down, worshiped him, saying, Lord, be patient toward me and I will pay thee all.

So his fellow bondman having fallen down at his feet, besought him, saying, Be patience toward me, and I will pay thee.

But after going out, that bondman found one of his fellow bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having grabbed him, he choked him, saying, Pay me if thou owe anything.

Truly I say to thee, thou will, no, not come out from there, until thou have paid the last quadran.

I say to thee, thou will, no, not come out from there, until thou have paid even the last mite.

And he also said to the man who invited him, When thou make a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor prosperous neighbors, lest they also invite thee in return, and a recompense be made

When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray having stood in the synagogues and in the corners of the thoroughfares, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

And when ye fast, become not like the gloomy looking hypocrites, for they make their faces unsightly, so that they may appear fasting to men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.

But of him not having to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all things, as many as he had, and payment to be made.

But he would not, instead, having left him, he cast him into prison until he would pay that which was owed.

And having become angry, his lord delivered him to the tormentors until he would pay all that was due to him.

Or who first gave to him, and it will be repaid to him?