Typically, people go to court only after other means of resolving a problem have been exhausted. In Jesus’ example, the time for reconciliation is almost at an end, and it must be grasped before it is too late. Again, as with the man giving his offering at the altar, the emphasis is on the urgency of reconciliation. 1 The time for reconciliation is always now and never tomorrow. 2
25 Accorde-toi promptement avec ton adversaire, pendant que tu es en chemin avec lui, de peur qu'il ne te livre au juge, que le juge ne te livre à l'officier de justice, et que tu ne sois mis en prison.