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Luke 12:58

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When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, [as thou art] in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

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KJV King James Version

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, [as thou art] in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

WEB World English Bible

For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

ASV American Standard Version

For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;

Surrounding context — Luke 12

55 And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

56 [Ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, [as thou art] in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

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Matthew 5:23-26Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;Proverbs 25:8-9Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.Job 23:7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.Luke 13:24-28Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:2 Corinthians 6:2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)Psalm 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.Matthew 18:30And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.Psalm 32:6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.Hebrews 3:7-13Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.1 Samuel 25:18-35Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched [corn], and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid [them] on asses.Genesis 32:3-28And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.Luke 14:31-32Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?Proverbs 6:1-5My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,Job 36:17-18But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].Revelation 20:7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,1 Peter 3:19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;