'Duty' in the Bible

"Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented;

and forgive us our shortcomings, as we also have forgiven those who have failed in their duty towards us;

Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest.

It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.

Now while he was doing priestly duty before God in the prescribed course of his class,

"Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?"

and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who fails in his duty to us; and bring us not into temptation.'"

Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, do you suppose they had failed in their duty more than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?

So you also, when you have obeyed all the orders given you, must say, "'There is no merit in our service: what we have done is only what we were in duty bound to do.'"

If I then, your Master and Rabbi, have washed your feet, it is also your duty to wash one another's feet.

Therefore, brethren, pick out from among yourselves seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will appoint them to undertake this duty.

Now when Herod was on the point of taking him out of prison, that very night Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards were on duty outside the door.

"And now, impelled by a sense of duty, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.

"I myself, however, thought it a duty to do many things in hostility to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.

As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.

So after discharging this duty, and making sure that these kind gifts reach those for whom they are intended, I shall start for Spain, passing through Rome on my way there;

Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty, for it is a duty.

With right good will, be faithful to your duty as service rendered to the Lord and not to man.

Then I shall proclaim it fully, as it is my duty to do.

For you yourselves know that it is your duty to follow our example. There was no disorder in our lives among you,

But you, brethren, must not grow weary in the path of duty;

But as for you, you must exercise habitual self-control, and not live a self-indulgent life, but do the duty of an evangelist and fully discharge the obligations of your office.

For it is an acceptable thing with God, if, from a sense of duty to Him, a man patiently submits to wrong, when treated unjustly.

It is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be fellow workers in promoting the truth.