Matthew 5:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So if you are about to place your gift on the altar and remember that someone is angry with you,

Cross References

Genesis 41:9

The king's personal servant said: Now I remember what I was supposed to do.

1 Kings 2:44

I know you remember all the cruel things you did to my father David. Now the LORD is going to punish you for what you did.

Lamentations 3:20

That's all I ever think about, and I am depressed.

Ezekiel 16:63

I will forgive you, but you will think about your sins and be too ashamed to say a word. I, the LORD God, have spoken.

Hosea 6:6

I'd rather you were faithful and knew me than offered sacrifices.

Matthew 23:19

Are you blind? Which is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Matthew 5:24

leave your gift there in front of the altar. Make peace with that person, then come back and offer your gift to God.

Matthew 8:4

Jesus told him, “Don't tell anyone about this, but go and show the priest that you are well. Then take a gift to the temple just as Moses commanded, and everyone will know that you have been healed.”

Mark 11:25

Whenever you stand up to pray, you must forgive what others have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.

Luke 19:8

Later that day Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “I will give half of my property to the poor. And I will now pay back four times as much to everyone I have ever cheated.”

1 Samuel 15:22

“Tell me,” Samuel said. “Does the LORD really want sacrifices and offerings? No! He doesn't want your sacrifices. He wants you to obey him.