Matthew 5
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 5:21-28

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 1011the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be 12guilty enough to go into the 1314fiery 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. 2520Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26Truly I say to you, 21you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last 22cent.

27“23You have heard that it was said, ‘24You shall not commit adultery’; 28but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman 25with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 5:21 Matt 5:27, 33, 38, 43 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 5:21 Lit it was said to the ancients ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 5:21 Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17 ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 5:21 Or guilty before ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 5:21 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 5:22 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
  8. 8. Matthew 5:22 Or empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) fr Aram reqa ↩
  9. 9. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin ↩
  11. 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. 12. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
  13. 13. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire ↩
  14. 14. Matthew 5:22 Matt 5:29f; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43ff; Luke 12:5; James 3:6 ↩
  15. 15. Matthew 5:23 Matt 5:24 ↩
  16. 16. Matthew 5:23 Or gift ↩
  17. 17. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
  18. 18. Matthew 5:24 Rom 12:17, 18 ↩
  19. 19. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
  20. 20. Matthew 5:25 Prov 25:8f; Luke 12:58 ↩
  21. 21. Matthew 5:26 Luke 12:59 ↩
  22. 22. Matthew 5:26 Lit quadrans (equaling two mites); i.e. 1/64 of a daily wage ↩
  23. 23. Matthew 5:27 Matt 5:21, 33, 38, 43 ↩
  24. 24. Matthew 5:27 Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18 ↩
  25. 25. Matthew 5:28 2 Sam 11:2-5; Job 31:1; Matt 15:19; James 1:14, 15 ↩

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