New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 5:16-26

16Let your lightG5457 shineG2989 beforeG1715 menG444 in suchG3779 a wayG3779 that they may 1seeG3708 your goodG2570 worksG2041, and 2glorifyG1392 your FatherG3962 who is in heavenG3772.

17“Do not thinkG3543 that I cameG2064 to abolishG2647 the 3LawG3551 orG2228 the ProphetsG4396; I did not comeG2064 to abolishG2647 but to fulfillG4137. 18For trulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, 4untilG2193 heavenG3772 and earthG1093 passG3928 awayG3928, not 5the smallestG1520 letterG2503 orG2228 strokeG2762 shall passG3928 from the LawG3551 untilG2193 allG3956 is accomplishedG1096. 19WhoeverG3739 G1437 thenG3767 annulsG3089 oneG1520 of the leastG1646 of theseG3778 commandmentsG1785, and teachesG1321 6othersG444 to do the sameG3779, shall be calledG2564 leastG1646 7in the kingdomG932 of heavenG3772; but whoeverG3739 G302 8keepsG4160 and teachesG1321 them, he shall be calledG2564 greatG3173 in the kingdomG932 of heavenG3772.

20“For I sayG3004 to you that unlessG1437 G3361 your 9righteousnessG1343 surpassesG4052 that of the scribesG1122 and PhariseesG5330, you will not enterG1525 the kingdomG932 of heavenG3772.

21“10You have heardG191 that 11the ancientsG744 were toldG3004, ‘12You shall not commitG5407 murderG5407’ and ‘WhoeverG3739 G302 commitsG5407 murderG5407 shall be 13liableG1777 to 14the courtG2920.’ 22But I sayG3004 to you that everyoneG3956 who is angryG3710 with his brotherG80 shall be 15guiltyG1777 before 16the courtG2920; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004 to his brotherG80, ‘17You good-for-nothingG4469,’ shall be 18guiltyG1777 before 19 20the supremeG4892 courtG4892; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004, ‘You foolG3474,’ shall be 21guiltyG1777 enough to go into the 22 23fieryG4442 hellG1067. 23ThereforeG3767 ifG1437 you are 24presentingG4374 your 25offeringG1435 at the altarG2379, and thereG2546 rememberG3403 that your brotherG80 hasG2192 somethingG5100 againstG2596 you, 24leaveG863 your 26offeringG1435 thereG1563 beforeG1715 the altarG2379 and goG5217; firstG4413 be 27reconciledG1259 to your brotherG80, and thenG5119 comeG2064 and presentG4374 your 28offeringG1435. 25 29MakeG2132 friendsG2132 quicklyG5035 with your opponentG476 at lawG476 whileG2193 you are with him on the wayG3598, soG3379 that your opponentG476 may not handG3860 you over to the judgeG2923, and the judgeG2923 to the officerG5257, and you be thrownG906 into prisonG5438. 26TrulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, 30you will not comeG1831 out of thereG1564 untilG2193 you have paidG591 up the lastG2078 31centG2835.

Notes

1. Matthew 5:16 1 Pet 2:12 ↩
2. Matthew 5:16 Matt 9:8 ↩
3. Matthew 5:17 Matt 7:12 ↩
4. Matthew 5:18 Matt 24:35; Luke 16:17 ↩
5. Matthew 5:18 Lit one iota (Heb yodh) or one projection of a letter (serif) ↩
6. Matthew 5:19 Gr anthropoi ↩
7. Matthew 5:19 Matt 11:11 ↩
8. Matthew 5:19 Lit does ↩
9. Matthew 5:20 Luke 18:11, 12 ↩
10. Matthew 5:21 Matt 5:27, 33, 38, 43 ↩
11. Matthew 5:21 Lit it was said to the ancients ↩
12. Matthew 5:21 Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17 ↩
13. Matthew 5:21 Or guilty before ↩
14. Matthew 5:21 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
15. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
16. Matthew 5:22 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
17. Matthew 5:22 Or empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) fr Aram reqa ↩
18. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
19. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin ↩
20. 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 ↩
21. Matthew 5:22 Or liable to ↩
22. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire ↩
23. Matthew 5:22 Matt 5:29f; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43ff; Luke 12:5; James 3:6 ↩
24. Matthew 5:23 Matt 5:24 ↩
25. Matthew 5:23 Or gift ↩
26. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
27. Matthew 5:24 Rom 12:17, 18 ↩
28. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
29. Matthew 5:25 Prov 25:8f; Luke 12:58 ↩
30. Matthew 5:26 Luke 12:59 ↩
31. Matthew 5:26 Lit quadrans (equaling two mites); i.e. 1/64 of a daily wage ↩