New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 5:21-24

21“1You have heard that 2the ancients were told, ‘3You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be 4liable to 5the court.’

22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be 6guilty before 7the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘8You good-for-nothing,’ shall be 9guilty before 10 11the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be 12guilty enough to go into the 13 14fiery hell.

23Therefore if you are 15presenting your 16offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

24leave your 17offering there before the altar and go; first be 18reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your 19offering.

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Notes

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

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