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.
I came not to sweep away the foundation of the Old Testament but to fulfill it, establish it, unfold it, embody it in living form. Fear not that I will subvert God's living oracles; rather, enshrine them in reverence, affection, and character.
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Commenting on Matthew 5:17-48
Agree with your opponent in a lawsuit while you are still on the way to the magistrate. Once the judge pronounces against you and delivers you to the officer, you are finished: prison waits, and you will not leave until you have paid in full.
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Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. (p) Remove all cause for enmity.