Luke 12:59 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 12:59

I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

BSB

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ASV

I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.

KJV

I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Till thou hast paid the very last mite - And when can this be, if we understand the text spiritually? Can weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, pay to Divine justice the debt a sinner has contracted? This is impossible: let him who readeth understand. The subject of the 47th and 48th verses has been greatly misunderstood, and has been used in a very dangerous manner. Many have thought that their ignorance of Divine things would be a sufficient excuse for their crimes; and, that they might have but few stripes, they voluntarily continued in ignorance.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The first thing which this passage teaches us—is the duty of noticing the signs of the times. The Jews in our Lord's days neglected this duty. They shut their eyes against events of the most significant character—which were occurring in their own day. They refused to see that prophecies were being fulfilled around them—which were bound up with the coming of Messiah, and that the Messiah Himself must be in the midst of them. The ministry of John the Baptist had excited attention from one end of the land to the other.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
σοι·	soi	to you;	G4771 →
οὐ	ou	certainly	G3756 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐξέλθῃς	exelthēs	shall you come out	G1831 →
ἐκεῖθεν	ekeithen	from there	G1564 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἔσχατον	eschaton	last	G2078 →
λεπτὸν	lepton	lepton	G3016 →
ἀποδῷς.¶	apodōs	you may have paid.	G591 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Matthew 25:46
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
leads to
- Daniel 12:2
  And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- John 5:29
  and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
- John 3:36
  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Revelation 21:8
  But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
- Revelation 20:15
  And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Through
Matthew 25:41
Then 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.
leads to
- 2 Peter 2:4
  For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Jude 1:6–7
  And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
Through
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We 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.
leads to
- 2 Peter 3:18
  But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Luke