Matthew 5:26

"I tell you truly that you would certainly not get out from there until you had paid back the last cent.

Montgomery New Testament

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

25"Come to terms with your opponent quickly, while you are yet with him on the way to the court, to prevent your opponent from handing you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and so you be thrown into prison.

27"You have heard that it was said, "Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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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.’

James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the man who has showed no mercy. but mercy glories in the face of 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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