I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
Having given his disciples their lesson in the foregoing verses, here Christ turns to the people, and gives them theirs, Luk 12:54. He said also to the people: he preached ad populum - to the people, as well as ad clerum - to the clergy. In general, he would have them be as wise in the affairs of their souls as they are in their outward affairs.
Commenting on Luke 12:54-59
NOT DISCERNING THE SIGNS OF THE TIME. (Luk 12:54-59) to the people--"the multitude," a word of special warning to the thoughtless crowd, before dismissing them. (See on Mat 16:2-3).
Commenting on Luke 12:54-59
Till thou hast paid the very last mite - And when can this be, if we understand the text spiritually? Can weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, pay to Divine justice the debt a sinner has contracted? This is impossible: let him who readeth understand. The subject of the 47th and 48th verses has been greatly misunderstood, and has been used in a very dangerous manner.