16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

Therefore the kingdom of Heaven has been compared to a certain king who desired to make an accounting with his servants.

After a long time the lord of those servants came and took account with them.

Then the servant fell down and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay you all.

And his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, Have patience with me and I will pay you all.

But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe.

Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out from there until you have paid the last kodrantes.

I tell you, you shall not depart from there until you have paid the very last lepton.

And He also said to him who invited Him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers, or your kinsmen, or your rich neighbors; lest they also invite you again, and a recompense be made to you.

Therefore when you do your merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly 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, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

And when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, of a sad face. For they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

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

But as he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that he, and his wife and children, and all that he had, be sold, and payment be made.

And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.

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

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