Luke 12:58
So, when you are going with your adversary to the ruler, while you are on the way, make an effort to be freed from him, lest perhaps he may lead you to the judge, and the judge may deliver you to the officer, and the officer may cast you into prison.
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In Context
57And why do you not, even among yourselves, judge what is just?
59I tell you, you will not depart from there, until you have paid the very last coin.”
Cross References
Genesis 32:3Then he also sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, in the land of Seir, in the region of Edom.
Job 22:21So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits.
Job 36:17Your case has been judged like that of the impious; you will withdraw your plea and your judgment.
Proverbs 25:8The things that your eyes have seen, do not offer hastily in a quarrel, lest afterward you may not be able to make amends, when you have dishonored your friend.
Matthew 5:23Therefore, if you offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember 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 →