Luke 12:58
For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
57And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
59I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.
Cross References
Genesis 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.
Job 22:21Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job 36:17But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
Psalms 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
Proverbs 25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Matthew 5:23If therefore thou shouldest offer thy gift at the altar, and there shouldest remember that thy brother has something against thee,
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 →