Personal Relationships

²¹ “^(A)You have heard that ^[a]the ancients were told, ‘^(B)You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be answerable to ^(C)the court.’ ²² But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be answerable to ^(D)the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘^[b]You good-for-nothing,’ shall be answerable to ^[c](E)the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the ^[d](F)fiery hell. ²³ Therefore, if you are ^(G)presenting your ^[e]offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, ²⁴ leave your ^[f]offering there before the altar and go; first be ^(H)reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your ^[g]offering. ^25 (I)[h]Come to good terms with your accuser quickly, while you are with him on the way to court, so that your accuser will not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you will not be thrown into prison. ²⁶ Truly I say to you, ^(J)you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last ^[i]quadrans.

²⁷ “^(K)You have heard that it was said, ‘^(L)You shall not commit adultery’; ²⁸ but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman ^(M)with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹ Now ^(N)if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, ^[j]than for your whole body to be thrown into ^[k](O)hell. ³⁰ And ^(P)if your right hand is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you ^[l]to lose one of the parts of your body, ^[m]than for your whole body to go into ^[n](Q)hell.

³¹ “Now it was said, ‘^(R)Whoever sends his wife away is to give her a certificate of divorce’; ^32 (S)but I say to you that everyone who ^[o]divorces his wife, except for the reason of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a ^[p]divorced woman commits adultery.

³³ “Again, ^(T)you have heard that ^[q]the ancients were told, ‘^[r](U)You shall not ^[s]make false vows, but shall fulfill your ^[t]vows to the Lord.’ ³⁴ But I say to you, ^(V)take no oath at all, neither by heaven, for it is ^(W)the throne of God,

The Parable of the Builders

⁴⁶ “Now ^(A)why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? ^47 (B)Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and ^[a]acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: ⁴⁸ he is like a man building a house, who ^[b]dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁴⁹ But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; and the river burst against it and it immediately collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”