Matthew 5:23-33

23 "Therefore if you are ¹presenting 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 ²reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.

25 "³Make 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, ⁴you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent.

27 "⁵You have heard that it was said, '⁶YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY ';

28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman ⁷with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29 "⁸If 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 ⁹hell.

30 "¹⁰If 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 ¹¹hell.

31 "It was said, '¹²WHOEVER * SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE ';

32 ¹³but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever * marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

33 "Again, ¹⁴you have heard that the ancients were told, '¹⁵YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.'

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "gift"
• [b]. Or "gift"
• [c]. Or "gift"
• [d]. Lit "quadrans" (equaling two mites); i.e. 1/64 of a daily wage
• [e]. I.e. sin
• [f]. Lit "that one...be lost"
• [g]. Lit "not your whole body"
• [h]. Gr "Gehenna"
• [i]. I.e. sin
• [j]. Lit "that one...be lost"
• [k]. Lit "not your whole body"
• [l]. Gr "Gehenna"
• [m]. Or "sends away"
• [n]. Or "sent away"
• [o]. Lit "it was said to the ancients"
• [p]. "you" and "your" are singular here
• [q]. Or "break your vows"
• [r]. Lit "oaths"