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Agree with your

Jesus is talking to a group of people about what they as individuals should or should not do. All occurrences of "you" and "your" are singular, but in some languages they may need to be plural. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)

your accuser

This is a person who blames someone for doing something wrong. He takes the wrongdoer to court to accuse him before a judge.

may hand you over to the judge

Here "hand you over" means to give someone into the control of someone else. Alternate translation: "will let the judge deal with you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

the judge may hand you over to the officer

Here "hand you over" means to give someone into the control of someone else. Alternate translation: "the judge will give you over to the officer" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

officer

a person who has authority to carry out the decisions of a judge

you may be thrown into prison

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the officer might put you in prison" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)