Matthew 18:25 References

25 "But since he adid not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him bto be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

b Exodus 21:2, Leviticus 25:39, 2 Kings 4:1, Nehemiah 5:5

Exodus 21

2 "If you buy aa Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.

Leviticus 25

39 'aIf a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave's service.

2 Kings 4

1 Now a certain woman of the wives of athe sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord; and bthe creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."

Nehemiah 5

5 "Now aour flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, bwe are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others."

Other references for Matthew 18:25

a Luke 7:42