Luke 12:59

For verily I say to thee: Thou wilt not come out thence, until thou pay the last mite.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58And when thou goest with thy adversary to the ruler, while on the way, make effort to be released by him; lest he bring thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into prison.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:34And his lord was angry, and delivered him over to the torturers, until he should pay all he owed him.

Matthew 25:46And these will go into everlasting torment, and the righteous into everlasting life.

Luke 16:26And with all these, there is a great barrier between us and you; so that they who would pass from here to you, cannot; neither can they pass 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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