Matthew 5:26

Verily I say to thee, Thou wilt not come out from there until thou hast paid the last farthing.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

25Be at agreement with thy prosecutor, forthwith, and while on the way with him; lest the prosecutor deliver thee up to the judge, and the Judge deliver thee over to the sheriff, and thou fall into the house of prisoners.

27Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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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

James 2:13For judgment without mercy shall be on him, who hath practised no mercy: by mercy, ye will be raised above 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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