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ESV — Matthew 5:25-26; Proverbs 25:8

25 fCome to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. 26 Truly, I say to you, gyou will never get out until you have paid the last penny.1

Footnotes

[1] 5:26 Greek kodrantes, Roman copper coin (Latin quadrans) worth about 1/64 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

8 wdo not hastily bring into court,

for1 what will you do in the end,

when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Footnotes

[1] 25:8 Hebrew or else