Luke 12:59 “I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last pen…”

Luke 12:59

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny. ”

American Standard Version

I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.

Geneva Bible 1599

I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast payed the vtmost mite.

Darby Translation

I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.

Young's Literal Translation

I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

Bible in Basic English

I say to you, You will not come out of it till you have made payment to the very last farthing.

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Cross references

“thou shalt”

Matthew 18:34 Matthew 25:41 Matthew 25:46 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Luke 16:26

Matthew 18:34 · BSB

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

Matthew 25:41 · BSB

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.

Matthew 25:46 · BSB

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

2 Thessalonians 1:3 · BSB

We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.

Luke 16:26 · BSB

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.’

“mite”

Mark 12:42

Mark 12:42 · BSB

Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

58Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

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