Matthew 5:22

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Matthew 5:22

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Summary

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.

I say

That

His brother

Be

Matthew 5:21

Whosoever

Raca

2 Samuel 6:20

James 2:20

The council

Hell

General references

Bible References

I say

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight."

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!"

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you -- that is, Jesus.

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.'

And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

That

but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.

When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.

The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down."

This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, "They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?"

Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him, "You stupid traitor! Don't I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother's nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse?

Then Saul said, "Listen, son of Ahitub." He replied, "Here I am, my lord."

So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, "I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance." He lay down on his bed, pouted, and would not eat.

Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.

When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage.

Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Then Nebuchadnezzar in a fit of rage demanded that they bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before him. So they brought them before the king.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.

His brother

So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?"

There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

I said to them, "To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!" They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.

"Because you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever.

Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers?

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness -- the one who does not love his fellow Christian -- is not of God.

If anyone says "I love God" and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.

Be

"You have heard that it was said to an older generation, 'Do not murder,' and 'whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.'

Whosoever

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!"

Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him, "You stupid traitor! Don't I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother's nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse?

As he yelled curses, Shimei said, "Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man!

The crowd answered, "You're possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?"

The Judeans replied, "Aren't we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?"

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

They must not slander anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

But even when Michael the archangel was arguing with the devil and debating with him concerning Moses' body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"

Raca

When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to meet him. She said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants' slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!"

But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

The council

Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

Hell

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death -- the lake of fire.

General references

"You shall not murder.

Then Moses and Aaron gathered the community together in front of the rock, and he said to them, "Listen, you rebels, must we bring water out of this rock for you?"

You must not murder.

Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.