16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts
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For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.
The bondman therefore falling down did him homage, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay thee all.
His fellow-bondman therefore, having fallen down at his feet, besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.
But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay me if thou owest anything.
Verily I say to thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence till thou hast paid the last farthing.
I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.
And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.
When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
But he not having anything to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made.
But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.
And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him.
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- Accounts (17 instances)
- Settling (12 instances)
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