16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

“After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.

“At this, the slave fell facedown before him and said, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you everything!’

“At this, his fellow slave fell down and began begging him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’

“But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him 100 denarii. He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe!’

I assure you: You will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last cent.”

He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

“Whenever you fast, don’t be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive so their fasting is obvious to people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.

Since he had no way to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

But he wasn’t willing. On the contrary, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.

And his master got angry and handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.

Or who has ever first given to Him,
and has to be repaid?