⁵⁹ And if that happens, you won’t be free again until you have paid the very last penny.^[a]”

⁴² Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins.^[a]

³⁴ Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.

Encouragement during Persecution

³ Dear brothers and sisters,^[a] we can’t help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing.

²⁶ And besides, there is a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here, and no one can cross over to us from there.’

⁴⁶ “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”

⁴¹ “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.^[a]