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25 (A)Come 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, (B)you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.[a]

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

    (A)do not hastily bring into court,
for[a] what will you do in the end,
    when your neighbour puts you to shame?

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Hebrew or else