New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 5:19-22

19Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches 1others to do the same, shall be called least 2in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever 3keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

20“For I say to you that unless your 4righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

21“5You have heard that 6the ancients were told, ‘7You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be 8liable to 9the court.’ 22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be 10guilty before 11the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘12You good-for-nothing,’ shall be 13guilty before 14 15the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be 16guilty enough to go into the 17 18fiery hell.

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Notes

1. Matthew 5:19 Gr anthropoi ↩
2. Matthew 5:19 Matt 11:11 ↩
3. Matthew 5:19 Lit does ↩
4. Matthew 5:20 Luke 18:11, 12 ↩
5. Matthew 5:21 Matt 5:27, 33, 38, 43 ↩
6. Matthew 5:21 Lit it was said to the ancients ↩
7. Matthew 5:21 Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17 ↩
8. Matthew 5:21 Or guilty before ↩
9. Matthew 5:21 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
10. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
11. Matthew 5:22 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
12. Matthew 5:22 Or empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) fr Aram reqa ↩
13. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
14. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin ↩
15. Matthew 5:22 Matt 10:17; 26:59; Mark 13:9; 14:55; 15:1; Luke 22:66; John 11:47; Acts 4:15; 5:21; 6:12; 22:30; 23:1; 24:20 ↩
16. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
17. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire ↩
18. Matthew 5:22 Matt 5:29f; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43ff; Luke 12:5; James 3:6 ↩

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