Luke 12:59

59 I say to you, You will not come out of it till you have made payment to the very last farthing.

Luke 12:59 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 12:59

I tell thee
The Syriac version before these words, prefixes an "Amen", or "verily", for the sake of the stronger affirmation, which seems to be taken from ( Matthew 5:26 )

thou shalt not depart thence;
get out of prison:

till thou hast paid the very last mite:
of the sum in debate, which was what the Jews call a "prutah", and that was the eighth part of an Italian farthing, and half a common farthing; (See Gill on Mark 12:42): with this agrees what Mainonides says ^F25, that

``when he that lends, requires what he has lent, though he is rich, and the borrower is distressed, and straitened for food, there is no mercy showed him in judgment, but his debt is, demanded of him, (hnwrxa hjwrp de) , "unto the last prutah, or mite".''

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Hilchot M. vah. c. 1. sect. 4.

Luke 12:59 In-Context

57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

58 For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

59 I say to you, You will not come out of it till you have made payment to the very last farthing.