Matthew 5:26 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:26

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

The word here in our Latin books is 'consentiens,' in Greek, εὐνοῶν, which means, 'kind,' 'benevolent.' Some, from that verse of Peter, Your adversary the Devil, &c. (1 Pet. 5:8.) will have the Saviour's command to be, that we should be merciful to the Devil, not causing him to endure punishment for our sakes. For as he puts in our way the incentives to vice, if we yield to his suggestions, he will be tormented for our sakes.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

From the preceding and subsequent passages, it is clear that our Lord and Savior, while we run on the path of this world, encourages us to peace and harmony, according to the Apostle, who says: If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with all men (Rom. XII, 18).

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Verily, I say unto thee,.... This may be depended upon, you may assure yourself of it, that thou shalt by no means come out thence, from prison, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing, or "last farthing"; or as the Ethiopic version reads it, "till thou hast exactly paid all"; which seems to express the inexorableness of the creditor, and the impossibility of the debtor's release.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The uttermost farthing - Κοδραντην. The rabbins have this Greek word corrupted into קרדיונטסס kordiontes, and קונטריק, kontrik, and say, that two פרוטות prutoth make a kontarik, which is exactly the same with those words in Mar 12:42, λεπτα δυο, ο εστι κοδραντης, two mites, which are one farthing. Hence it appears that the λεπτον lepton was the same as the prutah. The weight of the prutah was half a barley-corn, and it was the smallest coin among the Jews, as the kodrantes, or farthing, was the smallest coin among the Romans.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀμὴν	amēn	Amen	G281 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
σοι·	soi	to you;	G4771 →
οὐ	ou	certainly	G3756 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐξέλθῃς	exelthēs	you may come out	G1831 →
ἐκεῖθεν	ekeithen	from there	G1564 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
ἂν	an	when	G302 →
ἀποδῷς	apodōs	you may pay	G591 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἔσχατον	eschaton	last	G2078 →
κοδράντην.¶	kodrantēn	kodranten!	G2835 →

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

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
leads to
- Matthew 5:7
  Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
- Matthew 6:15
  But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
- Proverbs 21:13
  Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- Luke 6:37
  Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Through
Matthew 25:46
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
leads to
- 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.”