New English Translation
Matthew 5:24
24leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.
Matthew 5:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
- New International Version (NIV)leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.
- English Standard Version (ESV)leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
- New King James Version (NKJV)leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Context of Matthew 5:24
22But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says ‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell. 23So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift. 25Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison. 26I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!
Read all of Matthew 5Matthew 5:24 word by word
ἄφες ἐκεῖ τὸ δῶρόν σου ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ ὕπαγε, πρῶτον διαλλάγηθι τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου, καὶ τότε ἐλθὼν πρόσφερε τὸ δῶρόν σου.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Leaveἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
- thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
- thyσύsu · youG4771
- giftὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- giftδῶρονdōron · giftG1435
- beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
- the altarθυσιαστήριονthusiastērion · altarG2379
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- go thy wayὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
- firstπρῶτονprōton · firstG4412
- be reconciledδιαλλάσσωdiallassō · be reconciledG1259
- toἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
- thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- and offerπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
Cross-references for Matthew 5:24
- Matthew 18:15“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.
- Job 42:8So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
- Proverbs 25:9When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,
- Mark 9:50Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”
- Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.
- 1 Corinthians 6:7The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
- 1 Timothy 2:8So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.
- James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.
- James 5:16So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
- 1 Peter 3:7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.
- Matthew 23:23“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law – justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.
- 1 Corinthians 11:28A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.
Commentaries on Matthew 5:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Leave there thy gift before the altar - This is as much as to say, "Do not attempt to bring any offering to God while thou art in a spirit of enmity against any person; or hast any difference with thy neighbor, which thou hast not used thy diligence to get adjusted." It is our duty and interest, both to bring our gift, and offer it too; but God will not accept of any act of religious worship from us, while any enmity subsists in our hearts towards any…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-26Verses 21-26 The Jewish teachers had taught, that nothing except actual murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. Thus they explained away its spiritual meaning. Christ showed the full meaning of this commandment; according to which we must be judged hereafter, and therefore ought to be ruled now. All rash anger is heart murder. By our brother, here, we are to understand any person, though ever so much below us, for we are all made of one blood…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-26Jesus provides two examples of making peace in communities and society.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother--The meaning evidently is--not, "dismiss from thine own breast all ill feeling," but "get thy brother to dismiss from his mind all grudge against thee." and then come and offer thy gift--"The picture," says Tholuck, "is drawn from life. It transports us to the moment when the Israelite, having brought his sacrifice to the court of the Israelites, awaited the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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