New American Standard Bible 2020

Matthew 5:21-24

21“1You have heardG191 that 2the ancientsG744 were toldG3004, ‘3You shall not murderG5407,’ and ‘WhoeverG3739 G302 commitsG5407 murderG5407 shall be answerableG1777 to 4the courtG2920.’

22But I sayG3004 to you that everyoneG3956 who isG3710 angryG3710 with his brotherG80 shall be answerableG1777 to 5the courtG2920; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004 to his brotherG80, ‘6You good-for-nothingG4469,’ shall be answerableG1777 to 7 8the supremeG4892 courtG4892; and whoeverG3739 G302 saysG3004, ‘You foolG3474,’ shall be guiltyG1777 enough to go into the 9 10fieryG4442 hellG1067.

23ThereforeG3767, ifG1437 you are 11presentingG4374 your 12offeringG1435 at the altarG2379, and thereG2546 you rememberG3403 that your brotherG80 hasG2192 somethingG5100 againstG2596 you,

24leaveG863 your 13offeringG1435 thereG1563 beforeG1715 the altarG2379 and goG5217; firstG4413 beG1259 14reconciledG1259 to your brotherG80, and thenG5119 comeG2064 and presentG4374 your 15offeringG1435.

Notes

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