'Paying' in the Bible

But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, "Do not be afraid; just believe."

They kept hitting Him on the head with a reed and spitting on Him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying Him homage.

When they had no means of repaying [the debts], he freely forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?”

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!"

And they did not find anything they could do, because all the people were paying close attention to [what] they were hearing from him.

They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

They were all paying attention to {him}, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called 'Great.'"

And they were paying attention to him because for a long time he had astonished them with [his] magic.

as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:

These men [the Judaizers] eagerly seek you [to entrap you with honeyed words and attention, to win you over to their philosophy], not honorably [for their purpose is not honorable or worthy of consideration]. They want to isolate you [from us who oppose them] so that you will seek them.

We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, with toil and labor we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent even then of the works of their hands, so as to cease worshiping and paying homage to the demons and the idols of gold and of silver and of bronze and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures also fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah (praise the Lord)!”