Matthew 5:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift. |
Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.’
Make your case with your opponent without revealing another’s secret;
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law #– #justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.
So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother or sister has something against you,
Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavour, how can you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.’
Let a person examine himself; in this way let him eat the bread and drink from the cup.
Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.