Matthew 5:26
Good News Translation
There you will stay, I tell you, until you pay the last penny of your fine.

New Revised Standard Version
Truly I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.

Contemporary English Version
I promise you will not get out until you have paid the last cent you owe.

New American Bible
Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.

Thou.

Matthew 18:34 And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he paid all the debt.

Matthew 25:41,46 Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels. . . .

Luke 12:59 I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence until thou pay the very last mite.

Luke 16:26 And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from thence come hither.

2 Thessalonians 1:9 Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his power:

James 2:13 For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy. And mercy exalteth itself above judgment.

Context
Anger and Reconciliation
25Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 26Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing. 27You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery.…
Cross References
Matthew 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.

Mark 12:42
And there came a certain poor widow: and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

Luke 12:58
And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way, endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to he judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exacter, and the exacter cast thee into prison.

Luke 12:59
I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence until thou pay the very last mite.

Matthew 5:25
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