Matthew 5:21
Good News Translation
"You have heard that people were told in the past, 'Do not commit murder; anyone who does will be brought to trial.'

New Revised Standard Version
“You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.’

Contemporary English Version
You know our ancestors were told, "Do not murder" and "A murderer must be brought to trial."

New American Bible
“You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, ‘You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment.

it.

Matthew 5:27,33,43 You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. . . .

2 Samuel 20:18 And she again said: A saying was used in the old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in Abela: and so they made an end.

Job 8:8-10 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers: . . .

by them.

Genesis 9:5,6 For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man. . . .

Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.

Deuteronomy 5:17 Thou shalt not kill.

and.

Exodus 21:12-14 He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death. . . .

Numbers 35:12,16-21,30-34 And when the fugitive shall be in them, the kinsman of him that is slain may not have power to kill him, until he stand before the multitude, and his cause be judged. . . .

Deuteronomy 21:7-9 And shall say: Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. . . .

1 Kings 2:5,6,31,32 Thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Sarvia, hath done to me, what he did to the two captains of the army of Israel, to Abner, the son of Ner, and to Amasa, the son of Jether: whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. . . .

Context
Anger and Reconciliation
20For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 21You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment. 22But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.…
Cross References
Exodus 20:13
Thou shalt not kill.

Deuteronomy 5:17
Thou shalt not kill.

Deuteronomy 16:18
Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment,

2 Chronicles 19:5
And he set judges of the land in all the fenced cities of Juda, in every place.

Matthew 5:27
You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Matthew 5:33
Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord.

Matthew 5:38
You have heard that it hath been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

Matthew 5:43
You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy.

1 John 3:15
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.

Matthew 5:20
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