New American Standard Bible 2020

Matthew 5:16-26

16Your lightG5457 must shineG2989 beforeG1715 peopleG444 inG3779 suchG3779 aG3779 wayG3779 that they may 1seeG3708 your goodG2570 worksG2041, and 2glorifyG1392 your FatherG3962 who is in heavenG3772.

17“Do not presumeG3543 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 ofG2762 aG2762 letterG2762 shall passG3928 from the LawG3551, untilG2193 allG3956 is accomplishedG1096! 19ThereforeG3767, whoeverG3739 G1437 nullifiesG3089 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 farG4183 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 murderG5407,’ and ‘WhoeverG3739 G302 commitsG5407 murderG5407 shall be answerableG1777 to 13the courtG2920.’ 22But I sayG3004 to you that everyoneG3956 who isG3710 angryG3710 with his brotherG80 shall be answerableG1777 to 14the courtG2920; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004 to his brotherG80, ‘15You good-for-nothingG4469,’ shall be answerableG1777 to 16 17the supremeG4892 courtG4892; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004, ‘You foolG3474,’ shall be guiltyG1777 enough to go into the 18 19fieryG4442 hellG1067. 23ThereforeG3767, ifG1437 you are 20presentingG4374 your 21offeringG1435 at the altarG2379, and thereG2546 you rememberG3403 that your brotherG80 hasG2192 somethingG5100 againstG2596 you, 24leaveG863 your 22offeringG1435 thereG1563 beforeG1715 the altarG2379 and goG5217; firstG4413 beG1259 23reconciledG1259 to your brotherG80, and thenG5119 comeG2064 and presentG4374 your 24offeringG1435. 25 25 26ComeG1510 G2132 toG1510 G2132 goodG1510 G2132 termsG1510 G2132 with your accuserG476 quicklyG5035, whileG2193 you are with him on the wayG3598 to court, soG3379 thatG3379 your accuserG476 will notG3379 handG3860 you overG3860 to the judgeG2923, and the judgeG2923 to the officerG5257, and you will notG3379 be thrownG906 into prisonG5438. 26TrulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, 27you will not comeG1831 outG1831 of thereG1564 untilG2193 you have paidG591 upG591 the lastG2078 28quadransG2835.

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 (serif) ↩
6. Matthew 5:19 Lit people ↩
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 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
14. Matthew 5:22 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
15. Matthew 5:22 Or You empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) from Aramaic reqa ↩
16. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin; i.e., Jewish High Court ↩
17. 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 ↩
18. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire ↩
19. Matthew 5:22 Matt 5:29f; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43ff; Luke 12:5; James 3:6 ↩
20. Matthew 5:23 Matt 5:24 ↩
21. Matthew 5:23 Or gift ↩
22. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
23. Matthew 5:24 Rom 12:17, 18 ↩
24. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
25. Matthew 5:25 I.e., settle the case ↩
26. Matthew 5:25 Prov 25:8f; Luke 12:58 ↩
27. Matthew 5:26 Luke 12:59 ↩
28. Matthew 5:26 A small Roman copper coin, worth about 1/64 of a laborer’s daily wage ↩