Matthew 5:26

Verily, I say to you, You shall by no means come out thence, till you have paid the last farthing.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

In Context

25Come to an agreement with your opponent at law quickly, while you are on the road with him, lest your opponent at law deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

27You have heard that it was said: You shall not commit adultery.

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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.

James 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, who has shown no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:22-27

The Sermon on the Mount. 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother… Read the whole commentary →

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