Matthew 5:24 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁴ leave your gift there before the altar, and go, first make peace with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

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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

Job 42:8

And now, take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Iyoḇ

Proverbs 25:9

Plead your case with your neighbour himself, And do not disclose the secret of another;

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you tithe the mint and the anise and the cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Torah: the right-ruling and the compassion and the belief. These need to have been done, without neglecting the others.

Matthew 5:23

“If, then, you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother holds whatever against you,

Mark 9:50

“Salt is good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, how shall you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace among one another.”

1 Corinthians 11:28

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup.

1 Timothy 2:8

So I resolve that the men pray everywhere, lifting up hands that are set-apart, without wrath and disputing.

James 5:16

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, so that you are healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous one accomplishes much.