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Matthew 5:20-22
Evangelical Heritage Version
Matthew 5:20-22
Evangelical Heritage Version
20 Indeed I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and experts in the law, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Sinful Anger
21 “You have heard that it was said to people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,[a] and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause[b] will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca,’[c] will have to answer to the Sanhedrin. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of hell[d] fire.
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- Matthew 5:21 Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17
- Matthew 5:22 Some witnesses to the text omit without a cause.
- Matthew 5:22 Raca was an insulting name in Aramaic which meant something like numbskull or empty-head.
- Matthew 5:22 Gehenna
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