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 in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift. 25Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison. I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny! 27“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ 28But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire 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

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 18:34And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed.
• Matthew 25:41“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
• Luke 12:59I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!”
• Luke 16:26Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’
• 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
• James 2:13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But 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