Matthew 5:23

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“So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,”

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“So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 5:23 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 41:9Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
  2. Genesis 42:21Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
  3. Genesis 50:15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
  4. Leviticus 6:2“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
  5. Leviticus 6:5or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
  6. Deuteronomy 16:16Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
  7. 1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
  8. 1 Kings 2:44The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
  9. Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
  10. Lamentations 3:20Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
  11. Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
  12. Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
  13. Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
  14. Matthew 5:24leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
  15. Matthew 8:4Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
  16. Matthew 23:19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
  17. Mark 11:25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
  18. Luke 19:8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”

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