Luke 12:59

Luke 12:59 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
• New International Version (NIV)I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny."
• New King James Version (NKJV)I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite.”

Context of Luke 12:59

57“And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right? 58For while you are going with your opponent [at law] to appear before a magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle, so that he does not drag you before the judge, and the judge does not [rule against you and] turn you over to the officer, and the officer does not throw you into prison. I say to you, you [absolutely] will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent.”

Luke 12:59 word by word

λέγω σοι· οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν ἕως καὶ τὸ ἔσχατον λεπτὸν ἀποδῷς.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• I tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• thou shaltἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• notοὐou · noG3756
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• thenceἐκεῖθενekeithen · from thereG1564
• tillἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thou hast paidἀποδίδωμιapodidōmi · to payG591
• theλεπτόςlepton · coinG3016
• veryκαίkai · andG2532
• lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078

Cross-references for Luke 12:59

• Luke 16:26And besides all this, between us and you [people] a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to come over from here to you will not be able, and none may cross over from there to us.’
• Matthew 18:34And in wrath his master turned him over to the torturers (jailers) until he paid all that he owed.
• Matthew 25:41“Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Leave Me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels (demons);
• 2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought always and indeed are morally obligated [as those in debt] to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your faith is growing ever greater, and the [unselfish] love of each one of you toward one another is continually increasing.
• Mark 12:42A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a mite.

Commentaries on Luke 12:59

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 59Till thou hast paid the very last mite - And when can this be, if we understand the text spiritually? Can weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, pay to Divine justice the debt a sinner has contracted? This is impossible: let him who readeth understand. The subject of the 47th and 48th verses has been greatly misunderstood, and has been used in a very dangerous manner. Many have thought that their ignorance of Divine things would be a sufficient excuse…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 54-59Verses 54-59 Christ would have the people to be as wise in the concerns of their souls as they are in outward affairs. Let them hasten to obtain peace with God before it is too late. If any man has found that God has set himself against him concerning his sins, let him apply to him as God in Christ reconciling the world to himself. While we are alive, we are in the way, and now is our time.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 54-5954. to the people--"the multitude," a word of special warning to the thoughtless crowd, before dismissing them. (See on Mt 16:2, 3).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings