New American Standard Bible 2020

Matthew 5:20-22

20“For I say to you that unless your 1righteousness far 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 murder,’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be answerable to 5the court.’ 22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be answerable to 6the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘7You good-for-nothing,’ shall be answerable to 8 9the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the 10 11fiery 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 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
6. Matthew 5:22 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
7. Matthew 5:22 Or You empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) from Aramaic reqa ↩
8. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin; i.e., Jewish High Court ↩
9. 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 ↩
10. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire ↩
11. 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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