Luke 12:59

I tell you, you shall not depart thence, till you have paid the very last mite.

Updated King James Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58When you go with yours adversary to the magistrate, as you are in the way, give diligence that you may be delivered from him; lest he hale you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:34And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

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

Luke 16:26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from behind to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come 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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