16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is likened to a king that wished to settle accounts with his servants.

After a long time, the lord of those servants came and settled with them.

Therefore, the servant fell down and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, Lord, and I will pay you all.

Then his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and be sought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.

But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hold of him, and took him by the throat, saying: Pay me what you owe.

Verily, I say to you, You shall by no means come out thence, till you have paid the last farthing.

I say to you, You shall not come out thence, till you have paid the very last mite.

Then he said also to him that had invited him: "When you make a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and a recompense be made you.

When, therefore, you do a charitable deed, do not cause a trumpet to be sounded before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

And when you fast, do not put on a sad countenance, as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

But I say to you, That for every idle word which men speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.

But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, to be sold, and payment to be made.

And he would not; but went and threw him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all that was due him.

Or, who has first given to him, and received from him a recompense?