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Luc 12:59

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59 Je te dis que tu ne sortiras point de là, que tu n'aies payé jusqu'à la dernière obole.

Luc 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".''


FOOTNOTES:

F25 Hilchot M. vah. c. 1. sect. 4.
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Luc 12:59 In-Context

57 Et pourquoi ne discernez-vous pas aussi par vous-mêmes ce qui est juste?
58 Or, quand tu vas devant le magistrat avec ta partie adverse, tâche en chemin de sortir d'affaire avec elle, de peur qu'elle ne te traîne devant le juge, que le juge ne te livre au sergent, et que le sergent ne te mette en prison.
59 Je te dis que tu ne sortiras point de là, que tu n'aies payé jusqu'à la dernière obole.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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