Matthew 5:26

New English Translation

²⁶I tell you the truth,^[a] you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!^[b]

Matthew 5:26 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
Matthew 5:26 tn Here the English word “penny” is used as opposed to the parallel in Luke 12:59 where “cent” appears since the Greek word there is different and refers to a different but similar coin.sn The penny here was a quadrans, a Roman copper coin worth 1/64 of a denarius (L&N 6.78). The parallel passage in Luke 12:59 mentions the lepton, equal to one-half of a quadrans and thus the smallest coin available.

Matthew 5:26

New International Version

²⁶Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

⁴²And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins,^[a] worth less than a penny.

Mark 12:42 sn These two small copper coins were lepta (sing. “lepton”), the smallest and least valuable coins in circulation in Palestine, worth one-half of a quadrans or 1/128 of a denarius, or about six minutes of an average daily wage. This was next to nothing in value.

⁴²But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

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