New American Standard Bible 2020

Matthew 5:22-24

22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be answerable to 1the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘2You good-for-nothing,’ shall be answerable to 3 4the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the 5 6fiery hell.

23Therefore, if you are 7presenting your 8offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

24leave your 9offering there before the altar and go; first be 10reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your 11offering.

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Notes

1. Matthew 5:22 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
2. Matthew 5:22 Or You empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) from Aramaic reqa ↩
3. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin; i.e., Jewish High Court ↩
4. 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 ↩
5. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire ↩
6. Matthew 5:22 Matt 5:29f; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43ff; Luke 12:5; James 3:6 ↩
7. Matthew 5:23 Matt 5:24 ↩
8. Matthew 5:23 Or gift ↩
9. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
10. Matthew 5:24 Rom 12:17, 18 ↩
11. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩

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