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Luke 12:59
Luke 12:59 is verse 59 of Luke chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
Greek lepton; that is, a Jewish coin of bronze or copper worth about 1/128 of a denarius
King James Version
I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
World English Bible
I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny. ”
literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.
Read in context
Luke 12:57–59 · Berean Standard Bible
57 And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
58 Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.’
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.”
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.
Mark 12:42Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.