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Matthew 5:26
26I tell you this: You will remain in prison until you have paid all the money, even the last small coin.’
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
24You must leave your gift there in front of God's altar. First you must go and find your brother. Tell him that you are sorry. Then you can both become friends with each other again. After that, you can return to the altar and give your gift to God. 25Also, somebody may say that you have done something wrong against him. He may take you to stand in front of the judge. You should quickly try to agree with this person. Decide with him how to make things right again. Do this even while you are going with him to the judge. If you do not do that, the judge may agree that you have done a wrong thing. Then he will give you to his officer. His officer will put you in prison. I tell you this: You will remain in prison until you have paid all the money, even the last small coin.’ 27Jesus then said, ‘You know what God's rule says: “You must not have sex with anyone who is not your husband or your wife.” 28But what I tell you is this: A man may look at a woman who is not his wife. And he may want to have sex with her. In his thoughts, he has had sex with her, so he has done a wrong thing.
Read all of Matthew 5Matthew 5:26 word by word
ἀμὴν λέγω σοι· οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν ἕως ἂν ἀποδῷς τὸν ἔσχατον κοδράντην.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Verilyἀμήνamēn · amenG281
- I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- unto theeσύsu · youG4771
- by noοὐou · noG3756
- meansμήmē · notG3361
- come outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
- thenceἐκεῖθενekeithen · from thereG1564
- tillἕωςheōs · untilG2193
- ·ἄνan · ifG302
- thou hast paidἀποδίδωμιapodidōmi · to payG591
- the uttermostἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
- farthingκοδράντηςkodrantēs · pennyG2835
Cross-references for Matthew 5:26
- 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.
- Luke 12:59I tell you. You will remain in prison until you have paid all the money, even the last small coin.’
- 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.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9Their punishment will continue for ever, as God destroys them. He will keep them away from the Lord. They will never see the Lord, or his great power.
- James 2:13God will not forgive anyone who has not forgiven other people. But God is kind! He judges us, but even more than that, he forgives us!
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
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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
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