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

However, I tell you that whoever looks at a woman with lustful thoughts commits adultery with her in his heart.

Then a voice from heaven said: This is my Son whom I love and whom I have approved.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.

I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you. I will put my words in his mouth. He will speak to them all that I command him.

He will send Jesus Christ, who preached to you.

This is the Moses that said to the children of Israel, your God will raise up a prophet like me from your brothers.

Being made perfect, he became the source (cause) (channel) (conduit) (pathway) (facilitator) of eternal salvation to all who obey him. (Psalm 3:8)

Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!

That

He did not look with favor on Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face was downcast (he had a bad attitude).

Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them. They hated Joseph and could not speak to him in a friendly way.

The soldiers repeated to David how the man who kills Goliath would be treated.

Saul became very angry because he considered this saying to be insulting. He said: To David they credit tens of thousands but to me they credit only a few thousand. The only thing left for David is my kingdom.

Saul got angry with Jonathan and he said, You are Son of a crooked and rebellious woman Jonathan! I know you have sided with Jesse's son, Saul accused. You have no shame. You act as if you are your mother's son not mine.

Saul said: Listen here, son of Ahitub! He responded: Here I am lord.

Ahab returned to his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite said to him: I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. Stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would not eat.

Asa was so angry with the prophet that he had him put in chains. It was at this same time that Asa began treating some of the people cruelly.

Haman saw that Mordecai did not go before him and give him honor. Haman was very angry.

Let go of anger, and leave rage behind. Do not be agitated with anger and jealousy. It only leads to evil.

This caused the king to be angry. In fact he became furious! He commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. They brought these men before the king.

Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your anger (rage).

His brother

When making an offering at the altar and you remember your brother has something against you,

Peter came to him and said: Lord, How many times may my brother do wrong against me, and I forgive him? Seven times?

There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That is why I am commanding you to be generous with them.

I said to them: We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free. They were servants and prisoners of the nations. Would you now give up your brothers for a price? Are they to become our property? They said nothing. They answered not a word!

You will be covered with shame for the violence done to your brother Jacob. You will be destroyed and disgraced for a very long time.

Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another.

But brother goes to court against brother, and this before unbelievers.

Let no man defraud his brother in any matter. Jehovah is the avenger of this. We also have warned you and testified.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness!

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed. Whoever does not practice righteousness is not from God. He who does not love his brother is not from God.

If a man says, I love God, yet he hates his brother, he is a liar! He who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

If any man see his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he will ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not leading to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I do not say that he should make request concerning this.

Be

You were told in the past, do not murder (kill). Any one who murders will be brought to trial.

Whosoever

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

When the Pharisees heard it, they said: This man casts out demons by Beelzebub, the prince of the demons.

Shimei cursed him and said: Get out! Get out you murderer!

The crowd answered: You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?

The Jews answered: Do we not speak correctly that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?

The Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. Some said: What is this babbler saying? Others: He seems to be advocating strange gods because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and screaming, and abusive speech, be put away (removed) (expiated) from you, along with all malice.

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

When he was reviled (insulted), he did not revile in return. When he suffered he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously.

Do not repay evil for evil, or insult for insult. Do just the opposite. For you were called to inherit a blessing.

Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil disputed about the body of Moses. He did not speak evil judgment against him in abusive terms, but said: Jehovah rebukes you. (Zechariah 3:2)

Raca

David went home so he could ask Jehovah to bless his family. But Saul's daughter Michal went out and started yelling at him: You were really great today! She said. You acted like a dirty old man. You danced around half-naked in front of your servants' slave-girls.

Are you willing to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is useless (barren) (lifeless)?

The council

Beware of men! They will take you to court! They will have you beaten in their meeting places.

The chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death.

Now the chief priests and the whole council looked for witness against Jesus to put him to death. They found none.

Early in the morning the chief priests met hurriedly with the elders, the teachers of the Law, and the entire Council. They made their plans. They led Jesus away in chains and handed him over to Pilate.

The chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council. They asked what they should do. This man does many signs and miracles.

They brought them before the council and the high priest asked them:

Hell

If your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is better to lose a part of your body then to have your whole body destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom.

Do not fear those who kill the body. They are not able to take away your [everlasting] life. Instead, fear him who is able to destroy both life and body in the ever-burning fires. (Greek: Gehenna: continuously burning trash fires in the valley of Hinnom.)

If your hand or your foot is a cause of stumbling cut it off. Get rid of it. It is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to be destroyed by eternal fire.

Then he will tell those on his left: 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.

If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is good for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be destroyed in the ever-burning trash fires in the valley of Hinnom.

I will show you the one to fear. Fear the one who, after he has killed, has power to destroy you (throw into the ever-burning trash fires of the valley of Hinnom) (Greek: Gehenna). This is one you should fear.

He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.

Death and the grave were hurled into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

General references

Do not murder.

Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation in front of the rock and said to them: Listen, you rebels, must we bring water out of this rock for you?

Do not kill.

This caused the king to be angry. In fact he became furious! He commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.