But I say unto you (εγω δε λεγω υμιν). Jesus thus a umes a tone of superiority over the Mosaic regulations and proves it in each o…

But I say to you. Jesus, being God as well as man (John 1:1), and therefore being the original Giver of the law, had a right t…

I say to you — The I is emphasized in the Greek. This emphasis on I was likely what, more than anything else, le…

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment;

And a far higher j…

St. Hilary of Poitiers: Here He makes a beautiful entrance to a teaching beyond the works of the Law, declaring to the Apostle…

Jesus’ contemporaries had heard that the law given their ancestors forbade murder and that the murderer must be brought to “judgment.” But Jesus in…

But I say to you His reply is not opposed to the command of Moses (Exodus 20:13; Leviticus 24:21; [Reference Numbe…

But I say unto you
This is a Rabbinical way of speaking, used when a question is determined, and a false notion is r…

The Jewish teachers had taught that nothing except actual murder was forbidden by the sixth commandment. In this way, they explained away its spiri…

For I tell you, that unle your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees. Above, the Lord showed that it…