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Matthew 5:25 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Agree with your adversary quickly while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. "

Matthew 5:25

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23 “If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

25 Agree with your adversary quickly while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

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

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’

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"May the LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”"

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Revelation 3:3

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"Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you."

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Isaiah 50:8

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"He who justifies me is near. Who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me."

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