Luke 12:59
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.””
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“I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 12:59 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Mark 12:42Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
- 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 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
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