Matthew 5:24

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“leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.”

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BSBPD

“leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“leave there thy gift before the altar, and go--first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 5:24 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
  2. Proverbs 25:9Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
  3. Matthew 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
  4. Matthew 23:23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
  5. Mark 9:50Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
  6. Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
  7. 1 Corinthians 6:7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
  8. 1 Corinthians 11:28Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
  9. 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
  10. James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
  11. James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
  12. 1 Peter 3:7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

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