58When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
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Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. …
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; …
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. …
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 54-59)Having given his disciples their lesson in the foregoing verses, here Christ turns to the people , and gives them theirs , Luke 12:54. He said also to the people : he preached ad populum—to the people , as well as ad clerum—to the clergy . In general, he would have them be as wise in the affairs of their souls as they are in their outward affairs. Two things he specifies:— I. Let them learn to dis…
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