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Matthew 5:26

JudgmentConflict and reconciliation

24 leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

25 Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

27 You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’

28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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BSB
Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
KJV
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
WEB
Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.
ASV
Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.
DARBY
Verily I say to thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence till thou hast paid the last farthing.
BLB
Truly I say to you, you shall never come out from there until you should pay back the last kodrantes.
ÅB
I sannhet sier jeg deg at du aldri skal komme ut derfra før du har betalt siste øre.
OTB
Sannelig sier jeg deg, du skal ikke slippe ut før du har betalt den siste øre.
B1930
Sannelig sier jeg dig: Du skal ingenlunde komme ut derfra før du har betalt den siste øre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 18:34

    In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

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  • Luke 12:59

    I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

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  • James 2:13

    For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:9

    They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

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  • Luke 16:26

    And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

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  • Matthew 25:46

    And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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  • Matthew 25:41

    Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

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