Luke 12:59

I tell yoʋ, yoʋ will certainly not come out of there until yoʋ have paid the very last cent.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58As yoʋ are going with yoʋr adversary before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag yoʋ to the judge, and the judge hand yoʋ over to the officer, and the officer throw yoʋ into prison.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:34And in anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he should repay all that was owed him.

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

Luke 16:26And besides all this, a great chasm has been set in place between you and us, so that those who want to cross over to you from here cannot do so, nor can anyone cross over to us from there.’

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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