'Pay' in the Bible
But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;
Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.
Do not be revengeful, my dear friends, but give way before anger; for it is written, "'Revenge belongs to Me: I will pay back,' says the Lord."
Why, this is really the reason you pay taxes; for tax-gatherers are ministers of God, devoting their energies to this very work.
Pay promptly to all men what is due to them: taxes to those to whom taxes are due, toll to those to whom toll is due, respect to those to whom respect is due, honour to those to whom honour is due.
But now, as there is no more unoccupied ground in this part of the world, and I have for years past been eager to pay you a visit,