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

57You should know what is right. And you should do it. 58This may happen to you: Someone says, “You have done something wrong against me.” So he takes hold of you to go to the judge. Before you arrive at the office of the judge, try to agree with this man how to make things right again. If you do not agree together about the problem, it may be bad for you. The judge will give you to his officer. The officer will put you in prison. I tell you. You will remain in prison until you have paid all the money, even the last small coin.’

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 16:26But that is not everything. Between you and us, there is a big hole. It is wide and long and deep. There is a reason why that hole is there. Nobody can cross from here to where you are. And nobody can cross from where you are to come here.”
• Matthew 18:34The king was very angry with the first servant. He told his men to put him in prison. They punished the servant there very much, until he could pay all his debt to the king.’
• Matthew 25:41Then the king will say to those people who are at his left side, “Go away from me. God has decided to punish you. He has prepared a fire that will burn for ever. He has prepared it for Satan and his servants. You will also go into that fire.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:3Our Christian friends, we ought always to thank God because of you. It is right that we do this, because you are learning to trust Christ more and more. All of you are also loving each other more and more.
• Mark 12:42But then a woman came there. Her husband had died and she was very poor. She put two small coins that had only a little value into the box.

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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In the dictionaries

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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