The last farthing (τον εσχατον κοδραντην). A Latin word, quadrans, 1/4 of an as_

(ασσαριον) or two mites , a vivid p…

Agree with your adversary quickly. This is still an illustration of the sixth commandment. To be in hostility, to go to law, to be litigio…

The uttermost farthing — The Greek word is derived from the Latin quadrans, the fourth part of the Roman as, a s…

Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge…

St. Hilary of Poitiers: The Lord never allows us to lack a peaceable temper, and therefore commands us to be reconciled to ou…

Jesus again urges haste to settle matters with an offended adversary while still “with him on the way” to court. In the ancient world debtors were …

Verily, I say to you
This may be depended upon, you may assure yourself of it, that

The Jewish teachers had taught that nothing except actual murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. In this way, they explained away its spiri…

For I tell you, that unle your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees. Above, the Lord showed that it…