Matthew 5:26

Matthew 5:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
• New International Version (NIV)Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.

Context of Matthew 5:26

24leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. 25Reconcile 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. 27You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ 28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 5:26 word by word

ἀμὴν λέγω σοι· οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν ἕως ἂν ἀποδῷς τὸν ἔσχατον κοδράντην.¶Read the interlinear

• Trulyἀμήνamēn · amenG281
• I tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• youσύsu · youG4771
• you will not get outοὐou · noG3756
• you will not get outμήmē · notG3361
• you will not get outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• ·ἐκεῖθενekeithen · from thereG1564
• untilἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• untilἄνan · ifG302
• you have paidἀποδίδωμιapodidōmi · to payG591
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
• pennyκοδράντηςkodrantēs · pennyG2835

Cross-references for Matthew 5:26

• Matthew 18:34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.
• Matthew 25:41Then 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.
• Luke 12:59I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
• Luke 16:26And 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.’
• 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
• James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Commentaries on Matthew 5:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26The uttermost farthing - . The rabbins have this Greek word corrupted into קרדיונטסס kordiontes, and קונטריק , kontrik, and say, that two פרוטות prutoth make a kontarik, which is exactly the same with those words in Mark 12:42, , , two mites, which are one farthing. Hence it appears that the lepton was the same as the prutah . The weight of the prutah was half a barley-corn, and it was the smallest coin among the Jews, as the kodrantes, or farthing, was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-26Verses 21-26 The Jewish teachers had taught, that nothing except actual murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. Thus they explained away its spiritual meaning. Christ showed the full meaning of this commandment; according to which we must be judged hereafter, and therefore ought to be ruled now. All rash anger is heart murder. By our brother, here, we are to understand any person, though ever so much below us, for we are all made of one blood…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-26Jesus provides two examples of making peace in communities and society.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing--a fractional Roman coin, to which our "farthing" answers sufficiently well. That our Lord meant here merely to give a piece of prudential advice to his hearers, to keep out of the hands of the law and its officials by settling all disputes with one another privately, is not for a moment to be supposed, though there are critics of a school low…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 5:26

• Compromise
• Creditor
• Debtor
• Farthing
• Imprisonment
• Instruction
• Judaism
• Law
• Lawsuits
• Prudence
• Reconciliation
• Religion
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Agree
• Communication
• Despitefully
• Enemy
• Farthing
• Fornication
• Forswear
• Gift
• Hunger
• Inherit

Commentaries on Matthew 5

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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