Matthew 18:25

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

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.”

Nehemiah 5:5

Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, 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.”

Nehemiah 5:8

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

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

“If a thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him;

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: “Where is your mother's bill of divorce, with which I put 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 put away.

Leviticus 25:39

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

Matthew 18:24

When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents;

Luke 7:42

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