16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

"For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

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

Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.'

Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you.'

After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe me!'

I tell you the truth, 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 very last cent!"

He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

"Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

"When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.

And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed.

Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him?