Matthew 5:21-30

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²¹ You have heard that it was said to the men of old, You shall not kill, and whoever kills shall be ^[a]liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court.^(A)

²² But I say to you that everyone who continues to be ^[b]angry with his brother or harbors malice (enmity of heart) against him shall be ^[c]liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court; and whoever speaks contemptuously and insultingly to his brother shall be ^[d]liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, You ^[e]cursed fool! [You empty-headed idiot!] shall be ^[f]liable to and unable to escape the hell (Gehenna) of fire.

²³ So if when you are offering your gift at the altar you there remember that your brother has any [grievance] against you,

²⁴ Leave your gift at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift.

²⁵ Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way traveling with him, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.

²⁶ Truly I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last fraction of a penny.

²⁷ You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery.^(B)

²⁸ But I say to you that everyone who so much as looks at a woman with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

²⁹ If your right eye serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be cast into hell (Gehenna).

³⁰ And if your right hand serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your entire body should be cast into hell (Gehenna).