Matthew 5:21

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be liable to judgment.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:18

Then she said, “They were wont to say in old time, ‘Let them but ask counsel at Abel’; and so they settled a matter.

2 Chronicles 19:5

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not kill.

Numbers 35:12

The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

Matthew 5:27

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

Matthew 5:33

“Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’

Matthew 5:38

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

Matthew 5:43

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 5:17

“ ‘You shall not kill.

1 John 3:15

Any one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.