Matthew 5:26

Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

In Context

25Agree with your adversary quickly while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

27“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’

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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.’

James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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 →

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