Matthew 5:26

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, Οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν, ἕως ἂν ἀποδῷς τὸν ἔσχατον κοδράντην.

Transliteration

Amēn legō to-you, Not not exelthēs from-there, until an apodōs the eschaton kodrantēn.

Grammar Details

• *Amēn*: Hebrew transliteration - truly/verily
• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I say/tell
• *exelthēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might come out
• *an*: modal particle with subjunctive - ever/possibly
• *apodōs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might pay back
• *eschaton*: accusative masculine singular - last
• *kodrantēn*: accusative masculine singular - quadrans (coin)

Word Meanings

• *Amēn*: truly/verily/certainly
• *legō*: say/tell/speak
• *exelthēs*: come out/go out/depart
• *apodōs*: pay back/repay/return
• *eschaton*: last/final/uttermost
• *kodrantēn*: quadrans/penny (Roman coin of small value)

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Truly I say to you, you will by no means come out of there till you have paid the last penny.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Verily{G281} I say{G3004} unto thee,{G4671} thou shalt by no{G3756} means{G3361} come out{G1831} thence,{G1564} till{G2193} thou{G302} have paid{G591} the last{G2078} farthing.{G2835}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Verily{G281} I say{G3004}{(G5719)} unto thee{G4671}, Thou shalt{G1831} by no means{G3364} come{G1831}{(G5632)} out thence{G1564}, till{G2193}{G302} thou hast paid{G591}{(G5632)} the uttermost{G2078} farthing{G2835}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I say vnto ye verely: thou shalt not come out thece till thou have payed ye utmost farthige.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I saye vnto the verely: thou shalt not come out thece, till thou haue payed the vtmost farthinge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Verely I say vnto thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast payed the vtmost farthing.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ueryly I say vnto thee, thou shalt not come out thence, tyll thou hast payde the vtmost farthyng.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.{Literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow's mites)--not enough to buy very much of anything.}

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!

Referenced Verses

• Matt 18:34 : 34 In anger, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he should pay back all he owed.
• Luke 12:59 : 59 I tell you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.
• 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 They will be punished with eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might.
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Luke 16:26 : 26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.