Matthew 5:24

leave your gift there, before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to your brother, and then you may approach and offer your gift.

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In The King James Version

Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

In Context

23Therefore, if you offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

25Be reconciled with your adversary quickly, while you are still on the way with him, lest perhaps the adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown in prison.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:9Argue your case with your friend, and do not reveal the secret to an outsider,

Matthew 23:23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you collect tithes on mint and dill and cumin, but you have abandoned the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, while not omitting the others.

Romans 12:17Render to no one harm for harm. Provide good things, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of all men.

1 Corinthians 11:28But let a man examine himself, and, in this way, let him eat from that bread, and drink from that cup.

James 3:13Who is wise and well-taught among you? Let him show, by means of good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.

1 Peter 3:7Similarly, you husbands should live with them in accord with knowledge, bestowing honor on the female as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the life of grace, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:22-27

The Sermon on the Mount. 21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother… Read the whole commentary →

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