Luke 12:59 meaning and explanation

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

Luke 12:59, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking to the crowds, urging them to settle accounts with an adversary on the way to court before a judge imprisons them. The final penny, the smallest copper coin, means the debt is paid in full and nothing is left over.

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