Matthew 5:21-37
World English Bible
21 “You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’
23 “If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25 Agree with your adversary quickly while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. 26 Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.[d]
27 “You have heard that it was said, [e] ‘You shall not commit adultery;’
31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’
33 “Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’
Footnotes
- 5:22 NU omits “without a cause”.
- 5:22 “Raca” is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for “empty” and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.
- 5:22 or, Hell
- 5:26 literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow’s mites)—not enough to buy very much of anything.
- 5:27 TR adds “to the ancients”.
- 5:29 or, Hell
- 5:30 or, Hell
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