Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.
So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:
shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due.
But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
For judgment (is) without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.