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Matthew 5:26-27

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5:26 I tell you the truth, 1  you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny! 2 

Adultery

5:27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ 3 

1 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

2 tn Here the English word “penny” is used as opposed to the parallel in Luke 12:59 where “cent” appears since the Greek word there is different and refers to a different but similar coin.

sn The penny here was a quadrans, a Roman copper coin worth 1/64 of a denarius (L&N 6.78). The parallel passage in Luke 12:59 mentions the lepton, equal to one-half of a quadrans and thus the smallest coin available.

3 sn A quotation from Exod 20:14; Deut 5:17.



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