Luke 12:59

I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way, endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exacter, and the exacter cast thee into prison.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:34And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he paid all the debt.

Matthew 25:46And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.

Luke 16:26And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither.

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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