Matthew 5
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Matthew 5:21-28

21“1You have heardG191 that 2the ancientsG744 were toldG3004, ‘3You shall not murderG5407,’ and ‘WhoeverG3739G302 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 whoeverG3739G302 saysG3004 to his brotherG80, ‘6You good-for-nothingG4469,’ shall be answerableG1777 to 78the supremeG4892 courtG4892; and whoeverG3739G302 saysG3004, ‘You foolG3474,’ shall be guiltyG1777 enough to go into the 910fieryG4442 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. 251617ComeG1510G2132 toG1510G2132 goodG1510G2132 termsG1510G2132 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, 18you will not comeG1831 outG1831 of thereG1564 untilG2193 you have paidG591 upG591 the lastG2078 19quadransG2835.

27“20You have heardG191 that it was saidG3004, ‘21You shall not commitG3431 adulteryG3431’; 28but I sayG3004 to you that everyoneG3956 who looksG991 at a womanG1135 22with lustG1937 for her has alreadyG2235 committedG3431 adulteryG3431 with her in his heartG2588.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 5:21 Matt 5:27, 33, 38, 43 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 5:21 Lit it was said to the ancients ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 5:21 Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17 ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 5:21 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 5:22 Deut 16:18; 2 Chr 19:5f ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 5:22 Or You empty-head; Gr Raka (Raca) from Aramaic reqa ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 5:22 Lit the Sanhedrin; i.e., Jewish High Court ↩
  8. 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. 9. Matthew 5:22 Lit Gehenna of fire ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 5:22 Matt 5:29f; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43ff; Luke 12:5; James 3:6 ↩
  11. 11. Matthew 5:23 Matt 5:24 ↩
  12. 12. Matthew 5:23 Or gift ↩
  13. 13. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
  14. 14. Matthew 5:24 Rom 12:17, 18 ↩
  15. 15. Matthew 5:24 Or gift ↩
  16. 16. Matthew 5:25 I.e., settle the case ↩
  17. 17. Matthew 5:25 Prov 25:8f; Luke 12:58 ↩
  18. 18. Matthew 5:26 Luke 12:59 ↩
  19. 19. Matthew 5:26 A small Roman copper coin, worth about 1/64 of a laborer’s daily wage ↩
  20. 20. Matthew 5:27 Matt 5:21, 33, 38, 43 ↩
  21. 21. Matthew 5:27 Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18 ↩
  22. 22. Matthew 5:28 2 Sam 11:2-5; Job 31:1; Matt 15:19; James 1:14, 15 ↩

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