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Matthew 5:21-23
Evangelical Heritage Version
Matthew 5:21-23
Evangelical Heritage Version
Sinful Anger
21 “You have heard that it was said to people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,[a] and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause[b] will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca,’[c] will have to answer to the Sanhedrin. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of hell[d] fire.
23 “So if you are about to offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,
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- Matthew 5:21 Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17
- Matthew 5:22 Some witnesses to the text omit without a cause.
- Matthew 5:22 Raca was an insulting name in Aramaic which meant something like numbskull or empty-head.
- Matthew 5:22 Gehenna
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