I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny.”
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I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny.”
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I tell the thou departest not thence tyll thou have made good the vtmost myte.
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I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast payed the vtmost mite.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Luke 12:59 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Mark 12:42 A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.
- Matthew 18:34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.
- Matthew 25:41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
- Matthew 25:46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds,
- Luke 16:26 Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence,…
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
Ver. 59. Till thou hast paid the very last mite] It is good to compound quickly with the Lord, and to take up the suit before it come to execution and judgment, lest we be forced to pay, not only the main debt, but the arrearages too, that is, the time of God’s longsuffering and patience, here and hereafter.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain A mite - was about the third part of…
A mite - was about the third part of a farthing sterling.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 59. Till thou hast paid the very last…
Verse 59. Till 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 Lu 12:47; Lu 12:48 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 for their crimes; and, that they might have but few stripes, they voluntarily continued in ignorance. But such persons should know that God will judge them for the knowledge they might have received, but refused to acquire. No criminal is excused because he has been ignorant of the laws of his country, and so transgressed them, when it can be proved that those very laws have been published throughout the land. Much knowledge is a dangerous thing if it be not improved; as this will greatly aggravate the condemnation of its possessor. Nor will it avail a person, in the land of light and information, to be ignorant, as he shall be judged for what he might have known; and, perhaps, in this case, the punishment of this voluntarily ignorant man will be even greater than that of the more enlightened; because his crimes are aggravated by this consideration, that he refused to have the light, that he might neither be obliged to walk in the light, nor account for the possession of it. So we find that the plea of ignorance is a mere refuge of lies, and none can plead it who has the book of God within his reach, and lives in a country blessed with the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 59. till thou hast paid the very last mite]…
59. till thou hast paid the very last mite] Mite is lepton (minutum), the smallest of all coins, Mar_12:42. If it be asked, ‘can this ever be paid?’ the answer of course is, as far as the parable is concerned, ‘it depends entirely on whether the debt be great or small.’ As far as the application of the parable is concerned, the answer lies out of the contemplated horizon of the illustration, nor is there any formal answer to it. But if it be asserted that no man’s debt to God, which he has incurred by his sins, however ‘common to man,’ can ever be paid by him, we are at least permitted to find hope in the thought that Christ has paid our debt for us (Mat_20:28; 1Ti_2:6). The general lesson is that of which Scripture is full, “Seek ye the Lord while He maybe found,” Is. Iv. 6; Psa_32:6; Heb_4:7.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (59) I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence…
(59) I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence . . .—See Note on Mat_5:26. St. Luke substitutes the yet smaller coin, the “mite,” or half-quadrans (see Note on Mar_12:42), for the “farthing” of St. Matthew.
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