Luke 12:59

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{ "verseID": "Luke.12.59", "source": "Λέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν, ἕως οὖ καὶ τὸ ἔσχατον λεπτὸν ἀποδῷς.", "text": "I *legō* to you, *ou mē* you *exelthēs* from *ekeithen*, until *hou* also the *eschaton* *lepton* you *apodōs*.", "grammar": { "*legō*": "present active, 1st singular - I say/tell", "*ou mē*": "emphatic negation - never/certainly not", "*exelthēs*": "aorist active subjunctive, 2nd singular - you might come out", "*ekeithen*": "adverb - from there", "*hou*": "relative pronoun, genitive - of which [time]", "*eschaton*": "accusative, neuter, singular - last", "*lepton*": "accusative, neuter, singular - lepton (smallest coin)", "*apodōs*": "aorist active subjunctive, 2nd singular - you might pay back" }, "variants": { "*legō*": "say/tell/speak", "*exelthēs*": "come out/depart/leave", "*eschaton*": "last/final/uttermost", "*lepton*": "lepton/mite (smallest coin)", "*apodōs*": "pay back/repay/return" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκεῖθεν, ἕως οὖ καὶ τὸ ἔσχατον λεπτὸν ἀποδῷς.

Transliteration

I legō to you, ou mē you exelthēs from ekeithen, until hou also the eschaton lepton you apodōs.

Grammar Details

• *legō*: present active, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *ou mē*: emphatic negation - never/certainly not
• *exelthēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd singular - you might come out
• *ekeithen*: adverb - from there
• *hou*: relative pronoun, genitive - of which [time]
• *eschaton*: accusative, neuter, singular - last
• *lepton*: accusative, neuter, singular - lepton (smallest coin)
• *apodōs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd singular - you might pay back

Word Meanings

• *legō*: say/tell/speak
• *exelthēs*: come out/depart/leave
• *eschaton*: last/final/uttermost
• *lepton*: lepton/mite (smallest coin)
• *apodōs*: pay back/repay/return

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I tell you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last penny.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till {G3739} thou have paid the very last mite.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I tell ye thou departest not thence tyll thou have made good ye vtmost myte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I tell the, thou shalt uot come out thence, tyll thou paye the vttemost myte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast payed the vtmost mite.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I tel thee, thou shalt not depart thence, tyll thou haue made good the vtmost mite.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny.{Literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily wages.}"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!”

Referenced Verses

• Mark 12:42 : 42 { "verseID": "Mark.12.42", "source": "Καὶ ἐλθοῦσα μία χήρα πτωχὴ, ἔβαλεν λεπτὰ δύο, ὅ ἐστιν κοδράντης.", "text": "And *elthousa* one *chēra* *ptōchē*, *ebalen* *lepta* two, which *estin* *kodrantēs*.", "grammar": { "*elthousa*": "aorist active participle, nominative, feminine, singular - having come", "*chēra*": "nominative, feminine, singular - widow", "*ptōchē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - poor", "*ebalen*": "aorist active, 3rd person singular - cast/put/threw", "*lepta*": "accusative, neuter, plural - small coins/mites", "*estin*": "present active, 3rd person singular - is", "*kodrantēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - quadrans [Roman coin]" }, "variants": { "*elthousa*": "having come/arriving/coming", "*chēra*": "widow/bereft woman", "*ptōchē*": "poor/destitute/beggar", "*ebalen*": "put in/cast/threw/deposited", "*lepta*": "small coins/mites/smallest Jewish coins", "*kodrantēs*": "quadrans/Roman coin worth 1/64 of a denarius" } }
• Matt 18:34 : 34 { "verseID": "Matthew.18.34", "source": "Καὶ ὀργισθεὶς ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ, παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν τοῖς βασανισταῖς, ἕως οὗ ἀποδῷ πᾶν τὸ ὀφειλόμενον αὐτῷ.", "text": "And *orgistheis* the *kyrios* of him, *paredōken* him to the *basanistais*, until which *apodō* all the *opheilomenon* to him.", "grammar": { "*orgistheis*": "participle, aorist, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - having become angry", "*kyrios*": "noun, nominative, masculine, singular - lord/master", "*paredōken*": "verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - delivered over", "*basanistais*": "noun, dative, masculine, plural - torturers/tormentors", "*apodō*": "verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person, singular - he might pay back", "*opheilomenon*": "participle, present, passive, accusative, neuter, singular - being owed" }, "variants": { "*orgistheis*": "having become angry/enraged/furious", "*kyrios*": "lord/master/owner", "*paredōken*": "delivered over/handed over/turned over", "*basanistais*": "torturers/tormentors/jailers", "*apodō*": "he might pay back/repay/return", "*opheilomenon*": "being owed/debt" } }
• Matt 25:41 : 41 { "verseID": "Matthew.25.41", "source": "Τότε ἐρεῖ καὶ τοῖς ἐξ εὐωνύμων, Πορεύεσθε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, οἱ κατηραμένοι, εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον, τὸ ἡτοιμασμένον τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ:", "text": "Then *erei* also to those from [the] left, *Poreuesthe* from me, the *katēramenoi*, into the *pyr* the *aiōnion*, the *hētoimasmenon* for the *diabolō* and the *angelois* of him:", "grammar": { "*erei*": "future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will say", "*poreuesthe*": "present middle imperative, 2nd person plural - go/depart", "*katēramenoi*": "perfect passive participle, vocative masculine plural - cursed", "*pyr*": "accusative neuter singular - fire", "*aiōnion*": "accusative neuter singular - eternal", "*hētoimasmenon*": "perfect passive participle, accusative neuter singular - prepared", "*diabolō*": "dative masculine singular - for devil", "*angelois*": "dative masculine plural - for angels/messengers" }, "variants": { "*erei*": "will say/tell/speak", "*poreuesthe*": "go/depart/leave", "*katēramenoi*": "cursed/accursed [perfect - completed state]", "*pyr*": "fire/flame", "*aiōnion*": "eternal/everlasting/age-long", "*hētoimasmenon*": "prepared/made ready [perfect - completed state]", "*diabolō*": "devil/slanderer/accuser", "*angelois*": "angels/messengers" } }
• Matt 25:46 : 46 { "verseID": "Matthew.25.46", "source": "Καὶ ἀπελεύσονται οὗτοι εἰς κόλασιν αἰώνιον: οἱ δὲ δίκαιοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.", "text": "And *apeleusontai* these into *kolasin* *aiōnion*: the *de* *dikaioi* into *zōēn* *aiōnion*.", "grammar": { "*apeleusontai*": "future middle indicative, 3rd person plural - will go away", "*kolasin*": "accusative feminine singular - punishment", "*aiōnion*": "accusative feminine singular - eternal", "*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and", "*dikaioi*": "nominative masculine plural - righteous", "*zōēn*": "accusative feminine singular - life", "*aiōnion*": "accusative feminine singular - eternal" }, "variants": { "*apeleusontai*": "will go away/depart/leave", "*kolasin*": "punishment/chastisement/penalty", "*aiōnion*": "eternal/everlasting/age-long", "*de*": "but/and/however", "*dikaioi*": "righteous/just/upright", "*zōēn*": "life/existence", "*aiōnion*": "eternal/everlasting/age-long" } }
• Luke 16:26 : 26 { "verseID": "Luke.16.26", "source": "Καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν τούτοις, μεταξὺ ἡμῶν καὶ ὑμῶν χάσμα μέγα ἐστήρικται: ὅπως οἱ θέλοντες διαβῆναι ἐντεῦθεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς μὴ δύνωνται· μηδὲ οἱ ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς διαπερῶσιν.", "text": "And *epi pasin toutois*, *metaxy* of us and of you *chasma mega estēriktai*: *hopōs* the *thelontes diabēnai enteuthen pros* you not *dynōntai*; neither the *ekeithen pros* us *diaperōsin*.", "grammar": { "*epi*": "preposition + dative - besides/in addition to", "*pasin*": "dative plural neuter - all", "*toutois*": "demonstrative, dative plural neuter - these things", "*metaxy*": "preposition + genitive - between", "*chasma*": "nominative singular neuter - chasm/gulf", "*mega*": "nominative singular neuter - great/large", "*estēriktai*": "perfect passive indicative, 3rd singular - has been fixed/established", "*hopōs*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*thelontes*": "present active participle, nominative plural masculine - wanting/wishing", "*diabēnai*": "aorist active infinitive - to cross over", "*enteuthen*": "adverb - from here", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward", "*dynōntai*": "present middle/passive subjunctive, 3rd plural - they might be able", "*ekeithen*": "adverb - from there", "*diaperōsin*": "present active subjunctive, 3rd plural - they might cross over" }, "variants": { "*epi pasin toutois*": "besides all these things/in addition to all this", "*metaxy*": "between", "*chasma*": "chasm/gulf/great divide", "*estēriktai*": "has been fixed/has been established/has been set", "*thelontes*": "wanting/wishing/desiring", "*diabēnai*": "to cross over/to pass through", "*enteuthen*": "from here/from this place", "*dynōntai*": "they might be able/they could", "*ekeithen*": "from there/from that place", "*diaperōsin*": "they might cross over/they might pass through" } }
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 { "verseID": "2 Thessalonians.1.3", "source": "Εὐχαριστεῖν ὀφείλομεν τῷ Θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί, καθὼς ἄξιόν ἐστιν, ὅτι ὑπεραυξάνει ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν, καὶ πλεονάζει ἡ ἀγάπη ἑνὸς ἑκάστου πάντων ὑμῶν εἰς ἀλλήλους·", "text": "To *eucharistein* we *opheilomen* to the *Theos* *pantote* concerning you, *adelphoi*, *kathōs* *axion* *estin*, because *hyperauxanei* the *pistis* of you, and *pleonazei* the *agapē* of *henos* *hekastou* of all of you toward one another;", "grammar": { "*eucharistein*": "present infinitive, active - complementary to *opheilomen*", "*opheilomen*": "present indicative, 1st person, plural - we ought/are obligated", "*Theos*": "dative, masculine, singular - indirect object/recipient", "*pantote*": "adverb - always/at all times", "*adelphoi*": "vocative, masculine, plural - direct address", "*kathōs*": "comparative conjunction - just as/according as", "*axion*": "nominative, neuter, singular - fitting/worthy", "*estin*": "present indicative, 3rd person, singular - is", "*hyperauxanei*": "present indicative, active, 3rd person, singular - grows exceedingly", "*pistis*": "nominative, feminine, singular - subject of *hyperauxanei*", "*pleonazei*": "present indicative, active, 3rd person, singular - increases/abounds", "*agapē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - subject of *pleonazei*", "*henos*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of each/one", "*hekastou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of each/every", "εἰς ἀλλήλους": "preposition + accusative, masculine, plural - toward one another" }, "variants": { "*eucharistein*": "to give thanks/express gratitude", "*opheilomen*": "we are obligated/ought/must", "*Theos*": "God/deity", "*pantote*": "always/at all times/continually", "*adelphoi*": "brothers/siblings/fellow believers", "*kathōs*": "just as/according as/in the same way", "*axion*": "worthy/fitting/proper", "*hyperauxanei*": "grows exceedingly/increases greatly/super-grows", "*pistis*": "faith/belief/trust", "*pleonazei*": "increases/abounds/multiplies", "*agapē*": "love/charity/benevolence", "*henos*": "one/single", "*hekastou*": "each/every" } }