24 leave your gift there before the altar and first go be reconciled to your brother, and then come and[a] present your gift. 25 Settle the case quickly with your accuser[b] while you are with him on the way, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26 Truly I say to you, you will never come out of there until you have paid back the last penny!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:24 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“come”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 5:25 Literally “be making friends quickly with your accuser”