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Matthew 5:21-23
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The Sermon on the Mount: Anger Toward Others

21 “You have heard that it was said to the people of old,[a] ‘Do not commit murder,’[b] and ‘whoever commits murder will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Stupid fool!’[c] will be subject to the council, and whoever says, ‘Obstinate fool!’[d] will be subject to fiery hell. 23 Therefore if you present your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:21 Literally “ancients”
  2. Matthew 5:21 A quotation from Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17
  3. Matthew 5:22 Greek “Raca,” a term of verbal abuse involving lack of intelligence
  4. Matthew 5:22 Perhaps with the idea of obstinate, godless foolishness; some take the word to be a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew word for “rebel” (Deut 21:18, 20)
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