Luke 12:59

I say to you, You shall not come out thence, till you have paid the very last mite.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

In Context

58For when you are going with your opponent at law to the ruler, while you are on the way, endeavor to be delivered from him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the collector, and the collector throw you into prison.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:34And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all that was due him.

Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Luke 16:26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that they that would pass hence to you, can not; nor can they that would, pass thence to us.

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:55-59

Reconciliation to God. 54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give… Read the whole commentary →

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