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Matthew 5:20-22
International Standard Version
Matthew 5:20-22
International Standard Version
20 because I tell you, unless your righteousness greatly exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom from[a] heaven!”
Teaching about Anger
21 “You have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, ‘You are not to commit murder,’[b] and, ‘Whoever murders will be subject to punishment.’[c] 22 But I say to you, anyone who is angry with his brother without a cause[d] will be subject to punishment. And whoever says to his brother ‘Raka!’[e] will be subject to the Council.[f] And whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to hell[g] fire.
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- Matthew 5:20 Lit. of
- Matthew 5:21 Cf. Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17
- Matthew 5:21 Cf. Exod 21:12; Lev 24:17
- Matthew 5:22 Other mss. lack without a cause
- Matthew 5:22 Raka is Aram. for You worthless one
- Matthew 5:22 Or Sanhedrin
- Matthew 5:22 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom
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