Matthew 5:24 - Plain English Version

²⁴ You have to leave your gift there at God’s house, and you have to go and find that other person straight away. You have to tell them that you are sorry, and you have to fix up that problem with them, so that you can both be friends again. After that, you can go back and give your gift to God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Leave your gift at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Common English Bible

²⁴ leave your gift at the altar and go. First make things right with your brother or sister and then come back and offer your gift.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ leave your gift there, before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to your brother, and then you may approach and offer your gift.

Matthew 5:24 Cross References

Matthew 5:23

Jesus said to the people, “Suppose you go to give a gift to God, and you take it to God’s ceremony house, but then you remember that somebody is upset with you about something.

Mark 9:50

You know that salt is good. It makes food better. But if that salt loses its salty taste, it is no good any more, and you can’t fix it up. That is a picture of you mob. You have to be like good salt for people. You have to try to make their lives better, and don’t fight with anyone, but live happy and quiet together.”

1 Corinthians 11:28

So, when you eat this meal together, first of all, you each have to think very carefully about yourselves, and the way you live your lives. Then, after you do that, you can eat that damper and you can drink from that cup.

1 Timothy 2:8

So in your meetings at every place, I want this sort of men to pray, men that always want to make God happy. I don’t want them to be angry, or argue with others.

James 5:16

So whenever you go wrong and do bad things, don’t try to say that you are still good. No. Tell each other the true story about the bad things that you did. Then you can pray for each other, so that God can make you good again. Whenever a good person prays to God about something, then God uses his power and does whatever that good person asks for.