Quotes about Accountability
They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
— Matthew 23:4
And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
— Matthew 23:30
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
— Matthew 23:33
Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
— Matthew 24:47
Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
— Matthew 24:51
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
— Matthew 25:14
But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
— Matthew 25:18
The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
— Matthew 25:20
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
— Matthew 25:21
The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
— Matthew 25:22
Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
— Matthew 25:24
‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.
— Matthew 25:26