Matthew 5:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”
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“Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 5:26 — 7 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.”
- Luke 12:59I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
- 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 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
- James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).