New American Standard Bible 2020

Matthew 5:17-22

17“Do not presumeG3543 that I cameG2064 to abolishG2647 the 1LawG3551 orG2228 the ProphetsG4396; I did not comeG2064 to abolishG2647, but to fulfillG4137. 18For trulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, 2untilG2193 heavenG3772 and earthG1093 passG3928 awayG3928, not 3the 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 4othersG444 to do the sameG3779, shall be calledG2564 leastG1646 5in the kingdomG932 of heavenG3772; but whoeverG3739 G302 6keepsG4160 and teachesG1321 them, he shall be calledG2564 greatG3173 in the kingdomG932 of heavenG3772.

20“For I sayG3004 to you that unlessG1437 G3361 your 7righteousnessG1343 farG4183 surpassesG4052 that of the scribesG1122 and PhariseesG5330, you will not enterG1525 the kingdomG932 of heavenG3772.

21“8You have heardG191 that 9the ancientsG744 were toldG3004, ‘10You shall not murderG5407,’ and ‘WhoeverG3739 G302 commitsG5407 murderG5407 shall be answerableG1777 to 11the courtG2920.’ 22But I sayG3004 to you that everyoneG3956 who isG3710 angryG3710 with his brotherG80 shall be answerableG1777 to 12the courtG2920; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004 to his brotherG80, ‘13You good-for-nothingG4469,’ shall be answerableG1777 to 14 15the supremeG4892 courtG4892; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004, ‘You foolG3474,’ shall be guiltyG1777 enough to go into the 16 17fieryG4442 hellG1067.

Notes

1. Matthew 5:17 Matt 7:12 ↩
2. Matthew 5:18 Matt 24:35; Luke 16:17 ↩
3. Matthew 5:18 Lit one iota (Heb yodh) or one projection (serif) ↩
4. Matthew 5:19 Lit people ↩
5. Matthew 5:19 Matt 11:11 ↩
6. Matthew 5:19 Lit does ↩
7. Matthew 5:20 Luke 18:11, 12 ↩
8. Matthew 5:21 Matt 5:27, 33, 38, 43 ↩
9. Matthew 5:21 Lit it was said to the ancients ↩
10. Matthew 5:21 Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17 ↩
11. Matthew 5:21 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
12. Matthew 5:22 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
13. Matthew 5:22 Or You empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) from Aramaic reqa ↩
14. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin; i.e., Jewish High Court ↩
15. 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 ↩
16. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire ↩
17. Matthew 5:22 Matt 5:29f; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43ff; Luke 12:5; James 3:6 ↩