Settle with Your Accuser
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"And why k do you not judge l for yourselves what is right?
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m As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.
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I tell you, n you will never get out until you have paid the very last o penny."
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Luke 21:30
As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near.
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John 7:24
Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.
1 Corinthians 11:13
Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?
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Matthew 5:25 - 26
Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.
Proverbs 25:8
Do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
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Matthew 18:34 - 35
And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt.
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Luke 21:2
And he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
Mark 12:42
And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.
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