Matthew 18:25

New International Version

Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”

Nehemiah 5:5

Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”

Nehemiah 5:8

and said: “As far as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!” They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.

Exodus 21:2

“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything.

Exodus 22:3

but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed. “Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Leviticus 25:39

“ ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

Matthew 18:24

As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him.

Luke 7:42

Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”