Lawsuits: To be Avoided

…do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame? …

Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

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

If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints! …