First be reconciled (πρωτον διαλλαγηθ). Second aorist pa ive imperative. Get reconciled (ingre ive aorist, take the initiative). O…

Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, etc. The Pharisees were intent only on the external act in worship. They did not …

Leave there your gift — The words describe an act that would appear to people as a breach of liturgical propriety. To leave the gi…

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the …

St. Augustine of Hippo: If it is not lawful to be angry with a brother, or to say to him, "Racha," or "You fool," much less is i…

Jesus gives two illustrations exposing the seriousness of anger, the first in a setting of temple worship (vv.23–24) and the second in a judicial s…

Leave there your gift before the altar
This might easily be done, and the business soon dispatched, at some seasons;…

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…