59I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
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And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
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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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