Mat 18:23-24, Luk 16:1-2, 19-31, Rom 14:7-12, 1Cor 3:12-15, 2Cor 5:10 | ESV | STEP | Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants .

23 “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished ^ato settle accounts with his servants. ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; also verses 28, 31} 24 When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ^cten thousand ^dtalents. ^{▼▼A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years’ wages for a laborer}

Luke 16:1-2

The Parable of the Dishonest Manager

1 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had ^fa manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 2 And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your ^gmanagement, for you can no longer be manager.’

Luke 16:19-31

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in ^hpurple and fine linen and ⁱwho feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate ^jwas laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who desired to be fed with ^kwhat fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried by ^lthe angels ^mto Abraham’s side. ^{▼▼Greek bosom; also verse 23} The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and in ^oHades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and ^psaw Abraham far off and Lazarus ^qat his side. 24 And he called out, ^r‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and ^scool my tongue, for ^tI am in anguish in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that ^uyou in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ 27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters}—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have ^wMoses and the Prophets; ^xlet them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, ^yfather Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear ^zMoses and the Prophets, ^aaneither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”

Romans 14:7-12

7 For ^abnone of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, ^acwhether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end Christ ^addied and lived again, that he might be Lord both ^aeof the dead and of the living.

10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For ^afwe will all stand before ^agthe judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written,

^ah“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess ^{▼▼Or shall give praise} to God.”
12 So then ^ajeach of us will give an account of himself to God.

1 Corinthians 3:12-15

12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 ^akeach one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed ^alby fire, and ^amthe fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, ^anhe will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, ^aobut only as through fire.

2 Corinthians 5:10

10 For ^apwe must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, ^aqso that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.