Luke 12:59

"You shall by no means come out of there until you have paid the very last farthing."

Montgomery 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

58"For as you go before the magistrate with your opponent do your utmost to get quit of him, lest he drag you before the judge, and the judge delivers you over to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:34"Then in hot anger his master handed him over to the torturers, until he should pay him all his debt.

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

Luke 16:26"But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you 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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