Matthew 5:23 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:23

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,

KJV

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Vers. 23, 24.) Therefore, if you offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to your brother: and then coming, offer your gift. He did not say, if you have something against your brother, but if your brother has something against you, so that a harsher necessity of reconciliation may be imposed on you. As long as we cannot appease him, I do not know whether we should consequently offer our gifts to God.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar ... - The Pharisees were intent only on the external act in worship. They looked not at all to the internal state of the mind. If a man conformed to the external rites of religion, however much envy, and malice, and secret hatred he might have, they thought he was doing well. Our Saviour taught a different doctrine. It was of more consequence to have the heart right than to perform the outward act.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐὰν	Ean	If	G1437 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
προσφέρῃς	prospherēs	you shall offer	G4374 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
δῶρόν	dōron	gift	G1435 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ἐπὶ	epi	at	G1909 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θυσιαστήριον	thusiastērion	altar	G2379 →
κἀκεῖ	kakei	and there	G2532 →G1563 →
μνησθῇς	mnēsthēas	shall remember	G3403 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφός	adelphos	brother	G80 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ἔχει	echei	has	G2192 →
τι	ti	something	G5100 →
κατὰ	kata	against	G2596 →
σοῦ,	sou	you,	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 11:25
And 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.”
leads to
- Matthew 6:14–15
  For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
- Colossians 3:13
  Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
- Ephesians 4:32
  Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Luke 6:37
  Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
- James 2:13
  For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Through
Matthew 8:4
Then 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.”
leads to
- Leviticus 14:2–32
  “This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.
Through
Matthew 5:24
leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
leads to
- James 5:16
  Therefore 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.
- Romans 12:17–18
  Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.