Luke 12:59

I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.”

World English Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:34His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.

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

Luke 16:26Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over 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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