Reflection
Why not accept the free pardon that is available through Christ Jesus?Settle the sin problem and not wait until judgment day to be thrown into the lake of fire.
Matthew 5:25-26 Amplified Bible
Personal Relationships
25 Come to terms quickly [at the earliest opportunity] with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way [to court], so that your opponent does not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you are thrown into prison.(A)
26 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid the last [a]cent.
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 5:26 Gr kodrantes, from the Lat quadrans, which was the smallest Roman bronze coin.
Cross references:
A. Matthew 5:25 : Luke 12:58, 59
Luke 12:54-59 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Christ Divides Men
54 He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain,’ and that is how it turns out.
55 And when [you see that] a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it happens.
56 You hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders)! You know how to analyze and intelligently interpret the appearance of the earth and sky [to forecast the weather], but why do you not intelligently interpret this present time?
57 “And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?
58 For while you are going with your opponent [at law] to appear before a magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle, so that he does not drag you before the judge, and the judge does not [rule against you and] turn you over to the officer, and the officer does not throw you into prison.(A)
59 I say to you, you [absolutely] will not get out of there until you have paid the very last [a]cent.”
Footnotes:
a. Luke 12:59 Gr lepton, 1/128 of a laborer’s daily wages.
Cross references:
A. Luke 12:58 : Matt 5:25, 26
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