English Standard Version
Matthew 5:24
24leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
- New International Version (NIV)leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.
- New King James Version (NKJV)leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
- New Living Translation (NLT)leave your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God.
Context of Matthew 5:24
22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire. 23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. 26Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.
Read all of Matthew 5Matthew 5:24 word by word
ἄφες ἐκεῖ τὸ δῶρόν σου ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ ὕπαγε, πρῶτον διαλλάγηθι τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου, καὶ τότε ἐλθὼν πρόσφερε τὸ δῶρόν σου.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Leaveἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
- thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
- thyσύsu · youG4771
- giftὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- giftδῶρονdōron · giftG1435
- beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
- the altarθυσιαστήριονthusiastērion · altarG2379
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- go thy wayὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
- firstπρῶτονprōton · firstG4412
- be reconciledδιαλλάσσωdiallassō · be reconciledG1259
- toἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
- thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- and offerπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
Cross-references for Matthew 5:24
- Matthew 18:15"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
- Job 42:8Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."
- Proverbs 25:9Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another's secret,
- Mark 9:50Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
- Romans 12:17Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
- 1 Corinthians 6:7To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
- 1 Timothy 2:8I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
- James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
- James 5:16Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
- 1 Peter 3:7Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
- Matthew 23:23"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
- 1 Corinthians 11:28Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
Commentaries on Matthew 5:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Leave there thy gift before the altar - This is as much as to say, "Do not attempt to bring any offering to God while thou art in a spirit of enmity against any person; or hast any difference with thy neighbor, which thou hast not used thy diligence to get adjusted." It is our duty and interest, both to bring our gift, and offer it too; but God will not accept of any act of religious worship from us, while any enmity subsists in our hearts towards any…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-26Verses 21-26 The Jewish teachers had taught, that nothing except actual murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. Thus they explained away its spiritual meaning. Christ showed the full meaning of this commandment; according to which we must be judged hereafter, and therefore ought to be ruled now. All rash anger is heart murder. By our brother, here, we are to understand any person, though ever so much below us, for we are all made of one blood…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-26Jesus provides two examples of making peace in communities and society.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother--The meaning evidently is--not, "dismiss from thine own breast all ill feeling," but "get thy brother to dismiss from his mind all grudge against thee." and then come and offer thy gift--"The picture," says Tholuck, "is drawn from life. It transports us to the moment when the Israelite, having brought his sacrifice to the court of the Israelites, awaited the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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