Luke 12:59

I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence, till thou yield the last farthing.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58But when thou goest with thine adversary in the way (or on the way) to the prince [or Forsooth when thou goest with thine adversary to the prince in the way], do busyness to be delivered from him; lest peradventure he take thee to the doomsman (or lest perhaps he take thee to the judge), and the doomsman betake thee to the masterful asker, and the masterful asker send thee into prison.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:34And his lord was wroth, and took him to tormentors, till he paid all the debt.

Matthew 25:46And these shall go into everlasting torment; but the just men shall go into everlasting life. (And they shall go into eternal torment; but the righteous shall go into eternal life.)

Luke 16:26And in all these things a great dark place [or a great dark depth] is stablished betwixt us and you; that they that will from hence pass to you, may not, (or so that they who want to pass over from here to you, cannot), neither from thence (to) pass over hither.

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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