Matthew 18:25

English Standard Version 2016

And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:5

Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

2 Kings 4:1

Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”

Luke 7:42

When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

Leviticus 25:39

“If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:

Nehemiah 5:8

and said to them, “We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!” They were silent and could not find a word to say.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Exodus 21:2

When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.

Exodus 22:3

but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

Matthew 18:24

When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.