Berean Standard Bible

Matthew 5:22-35

22ButG1161 IG1473 tellG3004 youG4771 thatG3754 anyoneG3956 whoG3588 is angry withG3710 hisG846 brotherG80 1 will beG1510 subjectG1777 toG3588 judgmentG2920. AgainG1161, anyone whoG3739 G302 saysG2036 toG3588 hisG846 brotherG80, ‘RacaG4469,’2 will beG1510 subjectG1777 to theG3588 SanhedrinG4892.3 ButG1161 anyone whoG3739 G302 saysG2036, ‘You foolG3474!’ will beG1510 subjectG1777 toG1519 theG3588 fireG4442 of hellG1067.4

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.

25ReconcileG1510 G2132 quicklyG5035 withG3588 yourG4771 adversaryG476, whileG2193 G3755 you are stillG1510 onG1722 theG3588 wayG3598 to court. OtherwiseG3361 G4219 , he may hand you overG3860 G4771 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 outG3756 G3361 G1831 untilG2193 G302 you have paidG591 theG3588 lastG2078 pennyG2835.5

27You have heardG191 thatG3754 it was saidG2046, ‘Do not commit adulteryG3431 G3756.’6 28ButG1161 IG1473 tellG3004 youG4771 thatG3754 anyoneG3956 who looks atG991 a womanG1135 toG4314 lust afterG1937 herG846 has alreadyG2235 committed adultery withG3431 herG846 inG1722 hisG846 heartG2588. 29 IfG1487 yourG4771 rightG1188 eyeG3788 causes you to sinG4624 G4771, gouge it outG1807 G846 andG2532 throwG906 it awayG575 G4771 . It is betterG4851 for youG4771 toG2443 loseG622 oneG1520 part of your bodyG3588 G4771 G3196 than for yourG4771 wholeG3650 bodyG4983 to be thrownG906 intoG1519 hellG1067.7 30AndG2532 ifG1487 yourG4771 rightG1188 handG5495 causes you to sinG4624 G4771, cut it offG1581 G846 andG2532 throwG906 it awayG575 G4771 . It is betterG4851 for youG4771 toG2443 loseG622 oneG1520 part of your bodyG3588 G4771 G3196 than for yourG4771 wholeG3650 bodyG4983 to departG565 intoG1519 hellG1067.

31It has also been saidG2046 G1161, ‘WhoeverG3739 G302 divorcesG630 hisG846 wifeG1135 must giveG1325 herG846 a certificate of divorceG647.’8 32ButG1161 IG1473 tellG3004 youG4771 thatG3754 anyoneG3956 who divorcesG630 hisG846 wifeG1135, exceptG3924 forG3056 sexual immoralityG4202, bringsG4160 adulteryG3431 upon herG846.9 AndG2532 he whoG3739 G1437 marriesG1060 a divorced womanG630 commits adulteryG3429.

33AgainG3825, you have heardG191 thatG3754 it was saidG2046 to theG3588 ancientsG744, ‘Do not break your oathG1964 G3756, butG1161 fulfillG591 yourG4771 vowsG3727 to theG3588 LordG2962.’10 34ButG1161 IG1473 tellG3004 youG4771 notG3361 to swearG3660 at allG3654: either byG1722 heavenG3772, forG3754 it isG1510 God’sG2316 throneG2362; 35or byG1722 theG3588 earthG1093, forG3754 it isG1510 His footstoolG5286 G3588 G846 G4228; or byG1519 JerusalemG2414, forG3754 it isG1510 the cityG4172 of theG3588 greatG3173 KingG935.

Notes

1. Matthew 5:22 BYZ and TR include without cause. ↩
2. Matthew 5:22 Raca is an Aramaic expression of contempt. ↩
3. Matthew 5:22 Or the Council ↩
4. Matthew 5:22 Or the hell of fire; Greek the Gehenna of fire ↩
5. Matthew 5:26 Greek kodrantēn; that is, a Roman copper coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius ↩
6. Matthew 5:27 Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18 ↩
7. Matthew 5:29 Greek Gehenna; also in verse 30 ↩
8. Matthew 5:31 Deuteronomy 24:1 ↩
9. Matthew 5:32 Or causes her to commit adultery ↩
10. Matthew 5:33 Numbers 30:2 ↩