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Matthew 5:26
Matthew 5:26 is verse 26 of Matthew chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
Greek kodrantēn; that is, a Roman copper coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius
King James Version
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
World English Bible
Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.
literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow’s mites)—not enough to buy very much of anything.
Read in context
Matthew 5:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
24 leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
25 Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
27 You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.