Matthew 5:26

I solemnly tell you that you will certainly not be released till you have paid the very last farthing.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

25Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you are yet with him on the way to the court; for fear he should obtain judgement from the magistrate against you, and the magistrate should give you in custody to the officer and 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"So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers until he should pay all he owed him.

Matthew 25:46"And these shall go away into the Punishment of the Ages, but the righteous into the Life of the Ages."

Luke 16:26And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.'

James 2:13For he who shows no mercy will have judgement given against him without mercy; but mercy triumphs over judgement.

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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