Luke 12:58
For when you go with your adversary before the magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle the matter with him so that he does not drag you to the judge, and so that the judge does not deliver you to the officer, and the officer does not throw you into prison.
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57Why do you not judge what is right for yourselves?
59I say to you, you will never come out from there until you have paid the very last bit of money.”
Cross References
Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers on ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, in the region of Edom.
Job 22:21Now agree with God and be at peace with him; 1 in that way, good will come to you. 1
Job 36:17But you are full of judgment on wicked people; 1 judgment and justice have laid hold of you. 1
Psalms 50:22Give this careful consideration, you who forget God, 1 otherwise I will tear you to pieces, 1 and there will be no one to come to help you! 1
Proverbs 25:8do not bring quickly to trial. 1 For what will you do in the end 1 when your neighbor puts you to shame? 1
Matthew 5:23Therefore if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
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 →