I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.†”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 12:59 in context
Luke 12:56–59
56
You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?
57
“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
58
For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.
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