Matthew 18:24

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The king began to collect his money. One servant owed him several thousand pounds of silver.

Cross References

Psalm 38:4

My guilt is like a heavy burden. I am sinking beneath its weight.

Luke 16:5

“So the manager called in each person who owed the master some money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

Luke 13:4

And what about those 18 people who died when the tower of Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were more sinful than everyone else in Jerusalem?

Psalm 40:12

Troubles have surrounded me. They are too many to count! My sins have caught me, and I cannot escape them. They are more than the hairs on my head. I have lost my courage.

Ezra 9:6

Then I prayed this prayer: “My God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to look at you. I am ashamed because our sins are higher than our heads. Our guilt has reached all the way up to the heavens.

Luke 16:7

“Then the manager asked another one, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He answered, ‘I owe him 100 measures of wheat.’ Then the manager said to him, ‘Here is your bill; you can make it less. Write 80 measures.’

1 Chronicles 29:7

These are the things they gave for God’s house: 190 tons of gold; 375 tons of silver; 675 tons of bronze; and 3750 tons of iron.

Matthew 18:23

“So God’s kingdom is like a king who decided to collect the money his servants owed him.

Matthew 18:25

He was not able to pay the money to his master, the king. So the master ordered that he and everything he owned be sold, even his wife and children. The money would be used to pay the king what the servant owed.

Matthew 25:15

He decided how much each servant would be able to care for. The man gave one servant five bags of money. He gave another servant two bags. And he gave a third servant one bag. Then he left.

Matthew 25:16

The servant who got five bags went quickly to invest the money. Those five bags of money earned five more.

Matthew 25:20

The servant who got five bags brought that amount and five more bags of money to the master. The servant said, ‘Master, you trusted me to care for five bags of money. So I used them to earn five more.’

Matthew 25:22

“Then the servant who got two bags of money came to the master. The servant said, ‘Master, you gave me two bags of money to care for. So I used your two bags to earn two more.’

Matthew 25:24

“Then the servant who got one bag of money came to the master. The servant said, ‘Master, I knew you were a very hard man. You harvest what you did not plant. You gather crops where you did not put any seed.

Genesis 44:10

The servant said, “I agree, except that only the man who is found to have the cup will be my slave. The others will be free.”