Luke 12:59

I tell thee, thou mayest in no wise come out from thence, until thou hast paid the very last mite.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58For as thou art going with thy prosecutor to the magistrate, on the way endeavour to make up the matter with him; lest he drag thee before the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:34And his lord, incensed, delivered him up to the torturers, till he should pay all that he owed him.

Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Luke 16:26And besides all these considerations, between us and you there is a vast chasm fixed: so that they who might be willing to pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can they pass through to us, from thence.

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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