Luke 12:59

I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Luke 16:26And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

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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