Luke 12:58
For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.
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In Context
57And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?
59I say to you, You will not come out of it till you have made payment to the very last farthing.
Cross References
Genesis 32:3Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
Job 22:21Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.
Job 36:17...
Psalms 50:22Now keep this in mind, you who have no memory of God, for fear that you may be crushed under my hand, with no one to give you help:
Proverbs 25:8Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
Matthew 5:23If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,
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 →