Matthew 5:25
While you're on the way to court with your opponent, make sure you settle things quickly. Otherwise your opponent might hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the court official, and you will be thrown into jail.
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In Context
26I tell you the truth: you won't get out of there until you've paid every last penny.
Cross References
Genesis 32:13Jacob stayed the night there. Then he picked out animals as a gift to his brother Esau:
1 Samuel 25:17You should know what happened and consider what you should do about it. Disaster is about to strike our master and his whole family, but he's so obnoxious no one can talk sense into him!”
Job 22:21Come back to God and be reconciled to him, and you'll be prosperous again.
Proverbs 6:1My son, suppose you have pledged to guarantee your neighbor's debt, or you have shaken hands in agreement with a stranger,
Isaiah 55:6Look for the Lord while you can still find him; call out to him while he's nearby.
Luke 13:24“Try very hard to enter the narrow doorway, because I tell you that many will try to go in, and won't succeed.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:22-27
The Sermon on the Mount. 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother… Read the whole commentary →