16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

"Thus the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

"After a long time the master of those slaves came, and demanded a reckoning with them.

"Thereupon his slave threw himself on his knees before him, crying, "'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all!'

"Then his fellow slave fell at his feet, and besought him, saying, "'Be patient with me, and I will pay you.'

"But on his way out, that slave met a fellow slave who owed him fifty dollars. Seizing him by the throat, and nearly choking him, he exclaimed, "'Pay me what you owe me!'

"I tell you truly that you would certainly not get out from there until you had paid back the last cent.

"You shall by no means come out of there until you have paid the very last farthing."

Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you.

"And whatever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets, in order that men may praise them. In solemn truth I tell you they already have their reward in full.

"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the avenues, in order that men may see them. In solemn truth I tell you that they have their reward in full.

"When you fast, do not look downcast like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces so that it may be apparent to men that they are fasting. In solemn truth I tell you, they already have received their reward.

"I tell you that for every careless word that men speak they shall give account on the day of judgment.

"And since he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, toward the payment of the debt.

"But he would not; on the contrary he went and threw him into prison until he should pay the debt.

"Then in hot anger his master handed him over to the torturers, until he should pay him all his debt.

Who has first given to Him, So as to receive payment in return?