Matthew 18:25

New Century Version

But the servant did not have enough money to pay his master, the king. So the master ordered that everything the servant owned should be sold, even the servant’s wife and children. Then the money would be used to pay the king what the servant owed.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

The wife of a man from the groups of prophets said to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead. You know he honored the Lord. But now the man he owes money to is coming to take my two boys as his slaves!”

Nehemiah 5:5

We are just like our fellow Jews, and our sons are like their sons. But we have to sell our sons and daughters as slaves. Some of our daughters have already been sold. But there is nothing we can do, because our fields and vineyards already belong to other people.”

Nehemiah 5:8

I said to them, “As much as possible, we have bought freedom for our fellow Jews who had been sold to foreigners. Now you are selling your fellow Jews to us!” The leaders were quiet and had nothing to say.

Exodus 21:2

“If you buy a Hebrew slave, he will serve you for six years. In the seventh year you are to set him free, and he will have to pay nothing.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “People of Israel, you say I divorced your mother. Then where is the paper that proves it? Or do you think I sold you to pay a debt? Because of the evil things you did, I sold you. Because of the times she turned against me, your mother was sent away.

Leviticus 25:39

“ ‘If anyone from your country becomes very poor and sells himself as a slave to you, you must not make him work like a slave.

Matthew 18:24

When the king began to collect his money, a servant who owed him several million dollars was brought to him.

Luke 7:42

They had no money to pay what they owed, but the banker told both of them they did not have to pay him. Which person will love the banker more?”