Quotes About Accountability

Then another servant came and said, ëMaster, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.í

His master replied, ëYou wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?í

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

With his wifeís full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostlesí feet.

Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”

On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

“Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”

“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?í

you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.