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Anger and Reconciliation

Matthew 5:26

In 9 translations

BSB
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
KJV
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
WEB
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.
ASV
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.
LSV
truly I say to you, you may not come forth from there until you may pay the last penny.
YLT
verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.
DBY
Verily I say to thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence till thou hast paid the last farthing.
DRC
Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.
GNV
Verely I say vnto thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast payed the vtmost farthing.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν ἕως ἂν ἀποδῷς τὸν ἔσχατον κοδράντην.
RP2018
Ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν, ἕως ἂν ἀποδῷς τὸν ἔσχατον κοδράντην.
TR-Boyd
Ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν, ἕως ἂν ἀποδῷς τὸν ἔσχατον κοδράντην.
SCR1894
αμην λεγω σοι ου μη εξελθης εκειθεν εως αν αποδως τον εσχατον κοδραντην

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 18:34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.
  • Luke 12:59I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
  • James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
  • 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.
  • 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 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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