Matthew 5:23

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,

Cross References

Genesis 41:9

Then the wine steward said to the king, “I must confess today that I have done wrong.

1 Kings 2:44

You know very well all the wrong that you did to my father David. The Lord will punish you for it.

Lamentations 3:20

I think of it constantly, and my spirit is depressed.

Ezekiel 16:63

I will forgive all the wrongs you have done, but you will remember them and be too ashamed to open your mouth.” The Sovereign Lord has spoken.

Hosea 6:6

I want your constant love, not your animal sacrifices. I would rather have my people know me than burn offerings to me.

Matthew 23:19

How blind you are! Which is the more important, the gift or the altar which makes the gift holy?

Matthew 5:24

leave your gift there in front of the altar, go at once and make peace with your brother, and then come back and offer your gift to God.

Matthew 8:4

Then Jesus said to him, “Listen! Don't tell anyone, but go straight to the priest and let him examine you; then in order to prove to everyone that you are cured, offer the sacrifice that Moses ordered.”

Mark 11:25

And when you stand and pray, forgive anything you may have against anyone, so that your Father in heaven will forgive the wrongs you have done.”

Luke 19:8

Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much.”

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, “Which does the Lord prefer: obedience or offerings and sacrifices? It is better to obey him than to sacrifice the best sheep to him.