“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. ¹ 

Therefore be resolved ¹  not to rehearse ²  ahead of time how to make your defense.

He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

Let darkness and the deepest shadow ¹  claim it; ²  let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day ³  terrify it!

I will leave you on the ground, I will fling you on the open field, I will allow ¹  all the birds of the sky to settle ²  on you, and I will permit ³  all the wild animals ⁴  to gorge themselves on you.

I myself will make the land desolate and your enemies who live in it will be appalled.

If I were to fly away ¹  on the wings of the dawn, ²  and settle down on the other side ³  of the sea,

As ¹  he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents ²  was brought to him.

You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.

Is this really your boisterous city ¹  whose origins are in the distant past, ²  and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?

A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines.

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, ¹  make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, ²  and the officer throw you into prison.

All of them will come and make their home ¹  in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes. ² 

The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men ¹  among them, put them in charge ²  of my livestock.”

You may live ¹  among us, and the land will be open to you. ²  Live in it, travel freely in it, ³  and acquire property in it.”

I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent.”’” ¹ 

You saturate ¹  its furrows, and soak ²  its plowed ground. ³  With rain showers you soften its soil, ⁴  and make its crops grow. ⁵ 

They will return in fear and trembling ¹  like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria, and I will settle them in their homes,” declares the Lord.

When you do go across the Jordan River ¹  and settle in the land he ²  is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety. ³ 

When the Lord your God destroys the nations whose land he ¹  is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses,