Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, New Living Translation “So if you are presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the Temple and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you, English Standard Version So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, Berean Standard Bible So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, Berean Literal Bible Therefore, if you shall offer your gift at the altar, and there shall remember that your brother has something against you, King James Bible Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; New King James Version Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, New American Standard Bible Therefore, if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, NASB 1995 “Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, NASB 1977 “If therefore you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, Legacy Standard Bible Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, Amplified Bible So if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and while there you remember that your brother has something [such as a grievance or legitimate complaint] against you, Christian Standard Bible So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, Holman Christian Standard Bible So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, American Standard Version If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, Aramaic Bible in Plain English If therefore you bring your offering to the altar, and there you remember that your brother holds any grudge against you, Contemporary English Version So if you are about to place your gift on the altar and remember that someone is angry with you, Douay-Rheims Bible If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee; English Revised Version If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, GOD'S WORD® Translation "So if you are offering your gift at the altar and remember there that another believer has something against you, Good News Translation So if you are about to offer your gift to God at the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you, International Standard Version "So if you are presenting your gift at the altar and remember there that your brother has something against you, Literal Standard Version If, therefore, you may bring your gift to the altar, and there may remember that your brother has anything against you, Majority Standard Bible So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, New American Bible Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, NET Bible So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, New Revised Standard Version So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, New Heart English Bible "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, Webster's Bible Translation Therefore if thou shalt bring thy gift to the altar, and there remember that thy brother hath aught against thee; Weymouth New Testament If therefore when you are offering your gift upon the altar, you remember that your brother has a grievance against you, World English Bible “If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, Young's Literal Translation 'If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Anger and Reconciliation…22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell. 23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.… Cross References Matthew 5:24 leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. 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." Treasury of Scripture Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has ought against you; thou. Matthew 8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. Matthew 23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Deuteronomy 16:16,17 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: … rememberest. Genesis 41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: Genesis 42:21,22 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us… Genesis 50:15-17 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him… Jump to Previous Altar Aught Gift Grievance Making Mayest Mind Offer Offering Ought Presenting Remember Rememberest Shouldest SomethingJump to Next Altar Aught Gift Grievance Making Mayest Mind Offer Offering Ought Presenting Remember Rememberest Shouldest SomethingMatthew 5 1. Jesus' sermon on the mount:3. The Beattitudes; 13. the salt of the earth; 14. the light of the world. 17. He came to fulfill the law. 21. What it is to kill; 27. to commit adultery; 33. to swear. 38. He exhorts to forgive wrong, 43. to love our enemies; 48. and to labor after perfection. (23) If thou bring thy gift to the altar.--Literally, If thou shouldst be offering. Our Lord was speaking to Jews as such, and paints, therefore, as it were, a scene in the Jewish Temple. The worshipper is about to offer a "gift" (the most generic term seems intentionally used to represent any kind of offering), and stands at the altar with the priest waiting to do his work. That is the right time for recollection and self-scrutiny. The worshipper is to ask himself, not whether he has a ground of complaint against any one, but whether any one has cause of complaint against him. This, and not the other, is the right question at such a moment--has he injured his neighbour by act, or spoken bitter words of him?Verse 23. - Therefore. Seeing that the consequences of an angry spirit are so terrible. For there is no thought here of an unforgiving spirit spoiling the acceptance of the gift (vide infra). Our Lord is insisting that it is so important to lose no time in seeking reconciliation with a person whom one has injured, that even the very holiest action must be put off for it. If thou bring; Revised Version, if... thou art offering; ἐὰν... προσφέρῃς (similarly, πρόσηερε, ver. 24), the technical word coming some sixty times in Leviticus alone. Christ implies that the action has already begun. Thy gift; a general word for any sacrifice. To the altar. Since those to whom he spoke were still Jews, Christ illustrates his meaning by Jewish practices. A perverse literalism has found here a direct reference to the Eucharist. For reasonable adaptations (cf. even in ' Didache,' § 14.) of these two verses to this, see Waterland, 'Doctrine of the Eucharist,' ch. 13. § 4 (pp. 359-362, Oxford, 1868). And there rememberest, etc. For the spirit of recollection may well culminate with the culminating action. Lightfoot ('Hor. Hebr.') shows that even the Jews taught such a postponement of the sacrifice if theft was remembered. He therefore thinks that the stress is on "ought" (τι): "For that which the Jews restrained only to pecuniary damages, Christ extends to all offences against our brother." But he overlooks the fact that, while the Jewish precept had reference to a sin (or even the neglect of some ceremonial rule, cf. Mishna, 'Pes.,' 3:7) vitiating the offering, there is no thought of this hero (vide supra). Thy brother (ver. 22, note). Ought. So from Tyndale downwards. Revised Version, aught, here and apparently always, after the spelling now preferred as marking the difference from the verb. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Thereforeοὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. if Ἐὰν (Ean) Conjunction Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. you are offering προσφέρῃς (prospherēs) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4374: From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat. your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. gift δῶρόν (dōron) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 1435: A gift, present. A present; specially, a sacrifice. at ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. altar θυσιαστήριον (thysiastērion) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 2379: An altar (for sacrifice). From a derivative of thusia; a place of sacrifice, i.e. An altar. and there κἀκεῖ (kakei) Conjunction Strong's 2546: And there, and yonder, there also. From kai and ekei; likewise in that place. remember μνησθῇς (mnēsthēs) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 3403: To remember, call to mind, recall, mention. A prolonged form of mnaomai; to remind, i.e. to recall to mind. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. brother ἀδελφός (adelphos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote. has ἔχει (echei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. something τι (ti) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. against κατὰ (kata) Preposition Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). you, σοῦ (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Links Matthew 5:23 NIVMatthew 5:23 NLT Matthew 5:23 ESV Matthew 5:23 NASB Matthew 5:23 KJV Matthew 5:23 BibleApps.com Matthew 5:23 Biblia Paralela Matthew 5:23 Chinese Bible Matthew 5:23 French Bible Matthew 5:23 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 5:23 If therefore you are offering your gift (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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