John Gill Commentary Luke 12:59

"I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite." — Luke 12:59 (ASV)

I tell you
The Syriac version before these words, prefixes an "Amen", or "verily", for the sake of the stronger affirmation, which seems to be taken from (Matthew 5:26)

you shall not depart from there ;
get out of prison:

till you have paid the very last mite :
of the sum in debate, which was what the Jews call a "prutah", and that was the eighth part of an Italian farthing, and half a common farthing; (See Gill on Mark 12:42): with this agrees what Mainonides says ^F25 , that when he that lends, requires what he has lent, though he is rich, and the borrower is distressed, and straitened for food, there is no mercy showed him in judgment, but his debt is, demanded of him, (hnwrxa hjwrp de) , "unto the last prutah, or mite".

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FOOTNOTES:

• F25: Hilchot M. vah. c. 1. sect. 4.