54 He [Jesus] also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it does.
55 And when the south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is.
56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this present time?
Settling Accounts
57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
58 As you are going with your adversary to the ruler, make an effort to settle with him on the way. Then he won’t drag you before the judge, the judge hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
59 I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny.” [Gk lepton, the smallest and least valuable copper coin in use]
Commentary
(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary, 1706 -- www.christianity.com)
"Christ would have the people to be as wise in the concerns of their souls as they are in outward affairs. Let them hasten to obtain peace with God before it is too late. If any man has found that God has set himself against him concerning his sins, let him apply to him as God in Christ reconciling the world to himself. While we are alive, we are in the way, and now is our time."
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