Matthew 5
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Matthew 5:21-28

21You have heardG191 thatG3754 it was saidG2046 to theG3588 ancientsG744, ‘Do not murderG5407G3756’1 andG1161 ‘Anyone whoG3739G302 murdersG5407 will beG1510 subjectG1777 toG3588 judgmentG2920.’ 22ButG1161 IG1473 tellG3004 youG4771 thatG3754 anyoneG3956 whoG3588 is angry withG3710 hisG846 brotherG802 will beG1510 subjectG1777 toG3588 judgmentG2920. AgainG1161, anyone whoG3739G302 saysG2036 toG3588 hisG846 brotherG80, ‘RacaG4469,’3 will beG1510 subjectG1777 to theG3588 SanhedrinG4892.4 ButG1161 anyone whoG3739G302 saysG2036, ‘You foolG3474!’ will beG1510 subjectG1777 toG1519 theG3588 fireG4442 of hellG1067.5

23SoG3767 ifG1437 you are offeringG4374 yourG4771 giftG1435 atG1909 theG3588 altarG2379 and thereG2546 rememberG3403 thatG3754 yourG4771 brotherG80 hasG2192 somethingG5100 againstG2596 youG4771, 24leaveG863 yourG4771 giftG1435 thereG1563 beforeG1715 theG3588 altarG2379. FirstG4412 goG5217 and be reconciledG1259 toG3588 yourG4771 brotherG80; thenG5119 comeG2064 and offerG4374 yourG4771 giftG1435.

25ReconcileG1510G2132 quicklyG5035 withG3588 yourG4771 adversaryG476, whileG2193G3755 you are stillG1510 onG1722 theG3588 wayG3598 to court. OtherwiseG3361G4219, he may hand you overG3860G4771 to theG3588 judgeG2923, andG2532 theG3588 judgeG2923 may hand you over to theG3588 officerG5257, andG2532 you may be thrownG906 intoG1519 prisonG5438. 26TrulyG281 I tellG3004 youG4771, you will not get outG3756G3361G1831 untilG2193G302 you have paidG591 theG3588 lastG2078 pennyG2835.6

27You have heardG191 thatG3754 it was saidG2046, ‘Do not commit adulteryG3431G3756.’7 28ButG1161 IG1473 tellG3004 youG4771 thatG3754 anyoneG3956 who looks atG991 a womanG1135 toG4314 lust afterG1937 herG846 has alreadyG2235 committed adultery withG3431 herG846 inG1722 hisG846 heartG2588.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 5:21 Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 5:22 BYZ and TR include without cause. ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 5:22 Raca is an Aramaic expression of contempt. ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 5:22 Or the Council ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 5:22 Or the hell of fire; Greek the Gehenna of fire ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 5:26 Greek kodrantēn; that is, a Roman copper coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 5:27 Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18 ↩

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