Matthew 5:24

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

ASV Byzantine Text

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

23If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,

25Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:9Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another;

Matthew 23:23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: these ye ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Romans 12:17Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.

1 Corinthians 11:28But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

1 Peter 3:7Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not 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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