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Matthew 5:20-30

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20 "For I say to you that unless * your 1righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

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21 "2You have heard that the ancients were told, '3YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER ' and 'Whoever * commits murder shall be liable to 4the court.'
22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before 5the court; and whoever * says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before 6the supreme court; and whoever * says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the 7fiery hell.
23 "Therefore if you are 8presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,
24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be 9reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.
25 "10Make 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, 11you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent.
27 "12You have heard that it was said, '13YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY ';
28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman 14with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
29 "15If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than * for your whole body to be thrown into 16hell.
30 "17If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than * for your whole body to go into 18hell.
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Cross References 18

  • 1. Luke 18:11, 12
  • 2. Matt 5:27, 33, 38, 43
  • 3. Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17
  • 4. Deuteronomy 16:18; 2 Chronicles 19:5
  • 5. Deuteronomy 16:18; 2 Chronicles 19:5
  • 6. Matthew 10:17; Matthew 26:59; Mark 13:9; Mark 14:55; Mark 15:1; Luke 22:66; John 11:47; Acts 4:15; Acts 5:21; Acts 6:12; Acts 22:30; Acts 23:1; Acts 24:20
  • 7. Matthew 5:29; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 18:9; Matthew 23:15, 33; Mark 9:43f; Luke 12:5; James 3:6
  • 8. Matthew 5:24
  • 9. Romans 12:17, 18
  • 10. Proverbs 25:8; Luke 12:58
  • 11. Luke 12:59
  • 12. Matt 5:21, 33, 38, 43
  • 13. Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18
  • 14. 2 Samuel 11:2-5; Job 31:1; Matthew 15:19; James 1:14, 15
  • 15. Matthew 18:9; Mark 9:47
  • 16. Matthew 5:22
  • 17. Matthew 18:8; Mark 9:43
  • 18. Matthew 5:22

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