Lucas 12:59

59 Y, si eso sucede, no los pondrán en libertad hasta que hayan pagado el último centavo
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Lucas 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.

Lucas 12:59 In-Context

57 »¿Por qué no pueden decidir por ustedes mismos lo que es correcto?

58 Cuando vayan camino al juicio con el que los acusa, traten de resolver el asunto antes de llegar. De no ser así, su acusador podría arrastrarlos ante el juez, quien los entregará a un oficial, que los meterá en la cárcel.

59 Y, si eso sucede, no los pondrán en libertad hasta que hayan pagado el último centavo
».