Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Debtor » Laws concerning
And if anyone takes you to court in order to take your shirt away from you, let him have your coat also [i.e., if he insists on it].
Verse Concepts
But since he did not have enough [money] to pay [what he owed], his master ordered that he, his wife, his children and all his possessions be sold [in order] to pay [his debt].
Verse Concepts
[In another case], come to terms with the person suing you as soon as possible, [even] on your way [to court], so he does not take you before the judge, and then the judge turn you over to the officer and you be sent to prison. It is true when I say to you, you will not be released from there until you have paid the last coin. [Note: The coin mentioned here amounted to about ten minutes' worth of a farm laborer's pay, or a little over one dollar in 1994].