Matthew 5:21–28

Personal Relationships

²¹“^aYou have heard that ¹the ancients were told, ‘^bYou shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be ²liable to ^cthe court.’

²²“But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be ¹guilty before ^athe court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘²You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before ^3bthe supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the ^4cfiery hell.

²³“Therefore if you are ^apresenting your ¹offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

²⁴leave your ¹offering there before the altar and go; first be ^areconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.

²⁵“^aMake friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

²⁶“Truly I say to you, ^ayou will not come out of there until you have paid up the last ¹cent.

²⁷“^aYou have heard that it was said, ‘^bYou shall not commit adultery’;

²⁸but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman ^awith lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.