Matthew 18:25

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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  • Lev 25:39 : 39 If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poore, and be solde vnto thee, thou shalt not compell hym to serue as a bonde seruaunt:
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 And there cryed a certayne woman of the wyues of the sonnes of the prophetes, vnto Elisa, saying: Thy seruaunt my husband is dead, & thou knowest that thy seruaunt did feare the Lorde: And the creditor is come to fet my two sonnes to be his bondmen.
  • Neh 5:5 : 5 And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren, and our children as their children: and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes, and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie, and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them, and other men haue our landes and vineyardes.
  • Neh 5:8 : 8 And saide vnto them: We after our habilitie haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heathen: And wyll you sell your brethre againe, and shall they be solde vnto vs? Then held they their peace, and coulde finde nothing to aunswere.
  • Luke 7:42 : 42 When they had nothyng to pay, he forgaue them both. Tell me therefore, which of them wyll loue hym most?
  • Exod 21:2 : 2 If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free paying nothyng.
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus saith the Lorde: Where is the byll of your mothers deuorcement whom I sent away? or who is the vsurer to whom I solde you? Beholde, for your offences are ye solde, and because of your transgression is your mother forsaken.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 87%

    23Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen, lykened vnto a certayne man, that was a kyng, which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes.

    24And when he had begunne to recken, one was brought vnto hym, which ought hym ten thousande talentes.

  • Matt 18:26-35
    10 verses
    87%

    26The seruaunt fell downe, & besought hym, saying: Lorde, haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all.

    27Then the Lorde of that seruaunt, moued with pitie, loosed hym, and forgaue hym the debt.

    28But the same seruaunt went out, and founde one of his felowes, which ought hym an hundred pence: and he layde handes on hym, and toke hym by the throte, saying: pay me that thou owest.

    29And his felowe fel downe at his feete, and besought him, saying: haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all.

    30And he woulde not: but went, and cast hym into prison, tyll he shoulde pay the debt.

    31So, when his felowes sawe what was done, they were very sory: & came, and tolde vnto their Lorde all that was done.

    32Then his Lorde called hym, and sayd vnto him: O thou vngracious seruaunt, I forgaue thee all that debt, when thou desiredst me:

    33Shouldest not thou also, haue had compassion on thy felowe, euen as I had pitie on thee?

    34And his Lorde was wroth, and delyuered hym to the tormentours, tyll he shoulde pay all that was due vnto him.

    35So lykewyse, shall my heauenly father do also vnto you, yf ye from your heartes, forgeue not, euery one his brother, their trespasses.

  • 5So, whe he had called all his maisters detters together, he sayde vnto the first: Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister?

  • 73%

    18But he that receaued that one, went and digged in the earth, and hyd his Lordes money.

    19After a long season, the Lorde of those seruauntes commeth, and reckeneth with them.

  • Luke 7:41-42
    2 verses
    73%

    41There was a certayne lender, which had two detters: The one ought fyue hundred pence, and the other fyftie.

    42When they had nothyng to pay, he forgaue them both. Tell me therefore, which of them wyll loue hym most?

  • 26Ueryly I say vnto thee, thou shalt not come out thence, tyll thou hast payde the vtmost farthyng.

  • 27For if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from vnder thee.

  • 30And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt into vtter darknesse, there shalbe wepyng, and gnasshyng of teeth.

  • 59I tel thee, thou shalt not depart thence, tyll thou haue made good the vtmost mite.

  • 72%

    26His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed,

    27Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage.

    28Take therfore the talent from hym, and geue it vnto hym whiche hath ten talentes.

  • 72%

    22He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe:

    23And wherfore gauest not thou my money into the banke, and at my commyng I myght haue required myne owne with vauntage?

    24And he sayde vnto them that stoode by: Take from hym that peece, and geue it to hym that hath ten peeces.

    25And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde he hath ten peeces.

  • Luke 16:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1And he sayde also vnto his disciples. There was a certayne riche man, which had a stewarde, and the same was accused vnto hym that he had wasted his goodes.

    2And he called hym, and sayde vnto hym: Howe is it, that I heare this of thee? Geue accomptes of thy stewardeshyppe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde.

    3The stewarde sayde within hymselfe: What shall I do, for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyppe? I can not digge, & to begge I am ashamed.

  • 7Then sayde he to another: Howe much owest thou? And he sayde, an hundreth measures of wheate. He sayde vnto hym: Take thy byll, and write fourescore.

  • 2And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde.

  • 15And it came to passe, that whe he had receaued his kyngdome and returned, he commaunded these seruauntes to be called vnto him, to whom he had geuen the money, to wyt howe muche euery man had done in occupying.

  • Exod 21:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone.

    5And yf the seruaunt say: I loue my maister, my wyfe, and my chyldren, I wyll not go out free:

  • 71%

    45But & yf that seruaut say in his heart, my lorde wyll deferre his commyng, and shall begyn to smyte the seruauntes and maydens, and to eate and drynke, and to be dronken,

    46The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers.

    47And the seruaunt that knewe his maisters wyll, and prepared not hym selfe, neither dyd accordyng to his wyll, shalbe beaten with many strypes.

  • 2And when the tyme was come, he sent to the husbande men a seruaunt, that he myght receaue of the husbandmen, of the fruite of the vineyarde.

  • 47Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.

  • 21And the seruaunt returned, & shewed his maister these thynges. Then was the good man of the house displeased, & sayde to his seruaunt: Go out quickly into the brode streates and lanes of the citie, and bryng in hyther the poore, and the feeble, and the halt, and the blynde.

  • 24Then he which had receaued the one talent, came, and saide: Lorde I knew thee, that thou art an harde man, reapyng where thou hast not sowen, & gatheryng where thou hast not strowed.

  • 13Then sayde the kyng to the ministers: bynde hym hande and foote, and cast hym into vtter darknesse: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth.

  • Luke 17:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?

    9Doth he thanke that seruaunt, because he dyd the thynges that were commaunded vnto hym? I trowe not.

  • 14Lykewyse, as a certayne man, redy to take his iourney into a straunge countrey, called his owne seruauntes, and delyuered vnto them his goodes.

  • 50And he shall recken with hym that bought hym, from the yere that he was solde in, vnto the yere of Iubilee: and the price of his beyng, shalbe accordyng vnto the number of yeres, according to the tyme of an hired seruaunt shall he be with hym.

  • 25For vnto hym that hath, shall it be geuen: and from hym that hath not, shalbe taken away, euen that which he hath.

  • 28Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, and to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many.