New American Standard Bible 2020

Matthew 5:20-22

20“For I sayG3004 to you that unlessG1437 G3361 your 1righteousnessG1343 farG4183 surpassesG4052 that of the scribesG1122 and PhariseesG5330, you will not enterG1525 the kingdomG932 of heavenG3772.

21“2You have heardG191 that 3the ancientsG744 were toldG3004, ‘4You shall not murderG5407,’ and ‘WhoeverG3739 G302 commitsG5407 murderG5407 shall be answerableG1777 to 5the courtG2920.’ 22But I sayG3004 to you that everyoneG3956 who isG3710 angryG3710 with his brotherG80 shall be answerableG1777 to 6the courtG2920; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004 to his brotherG80, ‘7You good-for-nothingG4469,’ shall be answerableG1777 to 8 9the supremeG4892 courtG4892; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004, ‘You foolG3474,’ shall be guiltyG1777 enough to go into the 10 11fieryG4442 hellG1067.

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 ↩