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24 leave your gift there before the altar and first go and be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift. 25 Come to terms quickly with your opponent while you are on the way to court,[a] or your opponent may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison. 26 I tell you[b] with certainty, you will not get out of there until you pay back the last dollar!”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:25 Lit. while you are with him on the way
  2. Matthew 5:26 The Gk. pronoun you is sing.
  3. Matthew 5:26 Lit. quadran; i.e. about 1/64th of a daily wage for a common worker