New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 5:20-22

20“For I say to you that unless your 1righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

21“2You have heard that 3the ancients were told, ‘4You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be 5liable to 6the court.’ 22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be 7guilty before 8the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘9You good-for-nothing,’ shall be 10guilty before 11 12the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be 13guilty enough to go into the 14 15fiery hell.

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Notes

1. Matthew 5:20 Luke 18:11, 12 ↩
2. Matthew 5:21 Matt 5:27, 33, 38, 43 ↩
3. Matthew 5:21 Lit it was said to the ancients ↩
4. Matthew 5:21 Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17 ↩
5. Matthew 5:21 Or guilty before ↩
6. Matthew 5:21 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
7. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
8. Matthew 5:22 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
9. Matthew 5:22 Or empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) fr Aram reqa ↩
10. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
11. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin ↩
12. 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 ↩
13. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
14. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire ↩
15. 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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