Matthew 5:22
But what I say to you is this: If you are angry with someone, God will judge you. If you say to someone, ‘ You are worthless,’ the Jewish Council will judge you. If you hate someone, and say to them 'You fool!' you. yourself, will be in danger of being thrown into the fires in hell.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
23So, when you take your gift for God to the altar, if you remember that you have offended someone,
Cross References
Genesis 4:5but he was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.
Genesis 37:8His brothers said to him, “Do you think that some day you will rule over us? Are you saying that some day you are going to be our king?” [RHQ] They hated him even more than before because of what he had told them about his dream.
Deuteronomy 18:18So I will send from among them a prophet who will be like you. I will tell him what to say, and then he will tell people everything that I tell him to say.
1 Samuel 18:8When Saul heard them singing that, he did not like it. He became very angry. He said to himself, “They are saying that David killed 10,000 men, but that I have killed only 1,000. Soon they will want to make him their king!” [RHQ]
1 Samuel 22:12Saul said to Ahimelech, “You son of Ahitub, listen to me!” Ahimelech answered, “Yes, sir!”
2 Samuel 16:7Shimei cursed David and said to him, “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!
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 →