Matthew 5:21

The English Standar Version

"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:18

Then she said, "They used to say in former times, '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 murder.[3]

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 those 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 that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 5:17

" 'You shall not murder.[4]

1 John 3:15

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