Matthew 5
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Matthew 5:21-28

21“1You have heard that 2the ancients were told, ‘3You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be answerable to 4the court.’ 22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be answerable to 5the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘6You good-for-nothing,’ shall be answerable to 78the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the 910fiery hell. 23Therefore, if you are 11presenting your 12offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24leave your 13offering there before the altar and go; first be 14reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your 15offering. 251617Come to good terms with your accuser quickly, while you are with him on the way to court, so that your accuser will not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you will not be thrown into prison. 26Truly I say to you, 18you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last 19quadrans.

27“20You have heard that it was said, ‘21You shall not commit adultery’; 28but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman 22with 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 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 5:22 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 5:22 Or You empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) from Aramaic reqa ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin; i.e., Jewish High Court ↩
  8. 8. 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 ↩
  9. 9. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 5:22 Matt 5:29f; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43ff; Luke 12:5; James 3:6 ↩
  11. 11. Matthew 5:23 Matt 5:24 ↩
  12. 12. Matthew 5:23 Or gift ↩
  13. 13. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
  14. 14. Matthew 5:24 Rom 12:17, 18 ↩
  15. 15. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
  16. 16. Matthew 5:25 I.e., settle the case ↩
  17. 17. Matthew 5:25 Prov 25:8f; Luke 12:58 ↩
  18. 18. Matthew 5:26 Luke 12:59 ↩
  19. 19. Matthew 5:26 A small Roman copper coin, worth about 1/64 of a laborer’s daily wage ↩
  20. 20. Matthew 5:27 Matt 5:21, 33, 38, 43 ↩
  21. 21. Matthew 5:27 Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18 ↩
  22. 22. Matthew 5:28 2 Sam 11:2-5; Job 31:1; Matt 15:19; James 1:14, 15 ↩

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