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20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees and Torah scholars, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven!

21 “You have heard it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,[a] and whoever commits murder shall be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be subject to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca’ shall be subject to the council[b]; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be subject to fiery Gehenna.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:21 Exod. 20:13; Dt. 5:17.
  2. Matthew 5:22 Lit. Sanhedrin.