Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

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.