New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 5:20-22

20“For I sayG3004 to you that unlessG1437 G3361 your 1righteousnessG1343 surpassesG4052 that of the scribesG1122 and PhariseesG5330, you will not enterG1525 the kingdomG932 of heavenG3772.

21“2You have heardG191 that 3the ancientsG744 were toldG3004, ‘4You shall not commitG5407 murderG5407’ and ‘WhoeverG3739 G302 commitsG5407 murderG5407 shall be 5liableG1777 to 6the courtG2920.’ 22But I sayG3004 to you that everyoneG3956 who is angryG3710 with his brotherG80 shall be 7guiltyG1777 before 8the courtG2920; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004 to his brotherG80, ‘9You good-for-nothingG4469,’ shall be 10guiltyG1777 before 11 12the supremeG4892 courtG4892; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004, ‘You foolG3474,’ shall be 13guiltyG1777 enough to go into the 14 15fieryG4442 hellG1067.

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 ↩