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Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:1 JFB -> Commentary on 5:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:1 PNT -> Commentary on 5:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:1 TFG -> Commentary on 5:1 TSK -> Commentary on 5:1 TSK -> Entry for 5:1 WEN -> Notes on 5:1 NTB -> Instruction; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Mountain; Preaching; Readings, Select; Religion; Sermon WJD -> Devotional using 5:1 5:1 - [In Context] Jesus saw the many people that were there. So Jesus went up on a hill and sat down. His followers came to him.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:2 JFB -> Commentary on 5:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:2 PNT -> Commentary on 5:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:2 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:2 TFG -> Commentary on 5:2 TSK -> Commentary on 5:2 TSK -> Entry for 5:2 WEN -> Notes on 5:2 NTB -> Instruction; Readings, Select; Religion TTT -> Hypocrites UTM -> Devotional using 5:2 WJD -> Devotional using 5:2 5:2 - [In Context] Jesus taught the people. He said:
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:3 JFB -> Commentary on 5:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:3 PNT -> Commentary on 5:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:3 TFG -> Commentary on 5:3 TSK -> Commentary on 5:3 TSK -> Entry for 5:3 WEN -> Notes on 5:3 NTB -> Character; Church; Graces; Happiness; Heaven; Humility; Instruction; Poor; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous TTT -> Blessed, The; Character of Saints; Conduct, Christian; Happiness of Saints in this Life; Humility EBD -> Poor UTM -> Devotional using 5:3 UTM -> Devotional using 5:3 UTM -> Devotional using 5:3 WJD -> Devotional using 5:3 WJD -> Devotional using 5:3 5:3 - [In Context] "What great blessings there are for the people that {know they} have spiritual needs! The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:4 JFB -> Commentary on 5:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:4 PNT -> Commentary on 5:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:4 TFG -> Commentary on 5:4 TSK -> Commentary on 5:4 TSK -> Entry for 5:4 WEN -> Notes on 5:4 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Graces; Happiness; Instruction; Penitent; Readings, Select; Religion; Repentance; Righteous TTT -> Afflicted Saints; Afflictions; Blessed, The; Conduct, Christian; Happiness of Saints in this Life UTM -> Devotional using 5:4 WJD -> Devotional using 5:4 WJD -> Devotional using 5:4 5:4 - [In Context] What great blessings there are for the people that are sad now! God will comfort them.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:5 JFB -> Commentary on 5:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:5 PNT -> Commentary on 5:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:5 TFG -> Commentary on 5:5 TSK -> Commentary on 5:5 TSK -> Entry for 5:5 WEN -> Notes on 5:5 NTB -> Character; God (continued); Graces; Happiness; Instruction; Meekness; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous TTT -> Blessed, The; Character of Saints; Conduct, Christian; Earth, The; Happiness of Saints in this Life; Hypocrites; Jerusalem; Meekness EBD -> Meekness UTM -> Devotional using 5:5 WJD -> Devotional using 5:5 WJD -> Devotional using 5:5 5:5 - [In Context] What great blessings there are for the people that are humble! They will have the land {God promised}. F58
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:6 JFB -> Commentary on 5:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:6 PNT -> Commentary on 5:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:6 TFG -> Commentary on 5:6 TSK -> Commentary on 5:6 TSK -> Entry for 5:6 WEN -> Notes on 5:6 NTB -> Character; Desire; Graces; Happiness; Holiness; Hunger; Instruction; Perfection; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous; Seekers; Spirituality; Thirst TTT -> Blessed, The; Character of Saints; Conduct, Christian; Happiness of Saints in this Life; Righteousness UTM -> Devotional using 5:6 WJD -> Devotional using 5:6 WJD -> Devotional using 5:6 5:6 - [In Context] What great blessings there are for the people that want to do right more than anything else F59 ! God will fully satisfy them.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:7 JFB -> Commentary on 5:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:7 PNT -> Commentary on 5:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:7 TFG -> Commentary on 5:7 TSK -> Commentary on 5:7 TSK -> Entry for 5:7 WEN -> Notes on 5:7 NTB -> Character; Forgiveness; Graces; Happiness; Instruction; Kindness; Mercy; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous TTT -> Blessed, The; Character of Saints; Conduct, Christian; Happiness of Saints in this Life; Mercy EBD -> Mercy UTM -> Devotional using 5:7 WJD -> Devotional using 5:7 WJD -> Devotional using 5:7 5:7 - [In Context] What great blessings there are for the people that give mercy to other people! Mercy will be given to them.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:8 JFB -> Commentary on 5:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:8 PNT -> Commentary on 5:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:8 TFG -> Commentary on 5:8 TSK -> Commentary on 5:8 TSK -> Entry for 5:8 WEN -> Notes on 5:8 NTB -> Character; Graces; Happiness; Heart; Heaven; Holiness; Instruction; Purity; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous TTT -> Blessed, The; Character of Saints; Conduct, Christian; Happiness of Saints in this Life; Heart, The; Heart, Character of the Renewed; Reward of Saints, The; Riches EBD -> Heart UTM -> Devotional using 5:8 UTM -> Devotional using 5:8 WJD -> Devotional using 5:8 WJD -> Devotional using 5:8 5:8 - [In Context] What great blessings there are for the people that are pure in their thinking! They will be with God.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:9 JFB -> Commentary on 5:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:9 PNT -> Commentary on 5:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:9 TFG -> Commentary on 5:9 TSK -> Commentary on 5:9 TSK -> Entry for 5:9 WEN -> Notes on 5:9 NTB -> Adoption; Graces; Happiness; Instruction; Meekness; Peace; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous TTT -> Adoption; Blessed, The; Conduct, Christian; Happiness of Saints in this Life; Peace UTM -> Devotional using 5:9 SPG -> Devotional using 5:9 WJD -> Devotional using 5:9 WJD -> Devotional using 5:9 5:9 - [In Context] What great blessings there are for the people that work to bring peace! God will call them his sons and daughters.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:10 JFB -> Commentary on 5:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:10 PNT -> Commentary on 5:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:10 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:10 TFG -> Commentary on 5:10 TSK -> Commentary on 5:10 TSK -> Entry for 5:10 WEN -> Notes on 5:10 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Church; Graces; Happiness; Instruction; Persecution; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Happiness of Saints in this Life; Persecution; Righteousness UTM -> Devotional using 5:10 WJD -> Devotional using 5:10 WJD -> Devotional using 5:10 5:10 - [In Context] What great blessings there are for the people that are treated badly for doing good! The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:11 JFB -> Commentary on 5:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:11 PNT -> Commentary on 5:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:11 TFG -> Commentary on 5:11 TSK -> Commentary on 5:11 TSK -> Entry for 5:11 WEN -> Notes on 5:11 NTB -> Accusation, False; Afflictions And Adversities; Graces; Happiness; Instruction; Persecution; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous; Slander; Wicked (People) TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Happiness of Saints in this Life; Joy; Reviling and Reproaching; Slander TV -> Devotional using 5:11 WJD -> Devotional using 5:11 TV -> Devotional using 5:11 WJD -> Devotional using 5:11 TV -> Devotional using 5:11 5:11 - [In Context] "People will say bad things against you and hurt you. They will lie and say all kinds of evil things against you because you follow me. But when people do those things to you, know that God will bless you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:12 JFB -> Commentary on 5:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:12 PNT -> Commentary on 5:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:12 TFG -> Commentary on 5:12 TSK -> Commentary on 5:12 TSK -> Entry for 5:12 WEN -> Notes on 5:12 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Constancy; Happiness; Heaven; Instruction; Persecution; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous; Wicked (People) TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Happiness of Saints in this Life; Heaven; Joy; Persecution; Prophets; Reward of Saints, The TV -> Devotional using 5:12 WJD -> Devotional using 5:12 TV -> Devotional using 5:12 WJD -> Devotional using 5:12 TV -> Devotional using 5:12 5:12 - [In Context] Be happy and glad. You have a great reward waiting for you in heaven. People did those same bad things to the prophets F60 that lived before you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:13 JFB -> Commentary on 5:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:13 PNT -> Commentary on 5:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:13 TFG -> Commentary on 5:13 TSK -> Commentary on 5:13 TSK -> Entry for 5:13 WEN -> Notes on 5:13 NTB -> Agency; Backsliders; Church; Influence; Instruction; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous; Salt; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Saints, Compared to; Salt; Titles and Names of Saints EBD -> Man; Salt SBD -> Church TV -> Devotional using 5:13 WJD -> Devotional using 5:13 WJD -> Devotional using 5:13 TV -> Devotional using 5:13 TV -> Devotional using 5:13 5:13 - [In Context] "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its taste, then it cannot be made salty again. Salt is good for nothing, if it loses its salty taste. It must be thrown out and people walk on it.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:14 JFB -> Commentary on 5:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:14 PNT -> Commentary on 5:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:14 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:14 TFG -> Commentary on 5:14 TSK -> Commentary on 5:14 TSK -> Entry for 5:14 WEN -> Notes on 5:14 NTB -> Agency; Influence; Instruction; Light; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Candlestick; Cities; Light; Saints, Compared to; Titles and Names of Saints EBD -> Candle; Light TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 WJD -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 WJD -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 5:14 - [In Context] "You are the light that gives light to the world. A city that is built on a hill cannot be hidden.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:15 JFB -> Commentary on 5:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:15 PNT -> Commentary on 5:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:15 TFG -> Commentary on 5:15 TSK -> Commentary on 5:15 TSK -> Entry for 5:15 WEN -> Notes on 5:15 NTB -> Agency; Blindness; Bushel; Conscience; Influence; Instruction; Measure; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous; Testimony; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Candlestick; Lamps EBD -> Candle; Lamp SBD -> Candlestick; Church; Weights and Measures TV -> Devotional using 5:15 WJD -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 WJD -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 5:15 - [In Context] And people don't hide a light under a bowl. No. People put the light on a lamp table. Then the light shines for all the people in the house.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:16 JFB -> Commentary on 5:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:16 PNT -> Commentary on 5:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:16 TFG -> Commentary on 5:16 TSK -> Commentary on 5:16 TSK -> Entry for 5:16 WEN -> Notes on 5:16 NTB -> Agency; Blindness; Commandments; Conscience; Glorifying God; Influence; Instruction; Light; Readings, Select; Religion; Righteous; Works; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Adoption; Candlestick; Conduct, Christian; Glorifying God; Missionaries, all Christians should be as; Works, Good EBD -> Light; Man TV -> Devotional using 5:16 TV -> Devotional using 5:16 WJD -> Devotional using 5:16 TV -> Devotional using 5:16 WJD -> Devotional using 5:16 TV -> Devotional using 5:16 TV -> Devotional using 5:16 5:16 - [In Context] In the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that people will see the good things you do. Live so that people will praise your Father in heaven.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:17 JFB -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:17 PNT -> Commentary on 5:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:17 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:17 TFG -> Commentary on 5:17 TSK -> Commentary on 5:17 TSK -> Entry for 5:17 WEN -> Notes on 5:17 NTB -> Instruction; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judaism; Law; Religion; Word Of God TTT -> Law of God, The; Law of Moses, The; Sabbath, The EBD -> Bible; Decalogue; Law; Pentateuch; Scripture WJD -> Devotional using 5:17 WJD -> Devotional using 5:17 5:17 - [In Context] "Don't think that I have come to destroy the law {of Moses} or the {teaching of the} prophets. F61 I have not come to destroy their teachings. I came to give full meaning to their teachings.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:18 JFB -> Commentary on 5:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:18 PNT -> Commentary on 5:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:18 TFG -> Commentary on 5:18 TSK -> Commentary on 5:18 TSK -> Entry for 5:18 WEN -> Notes on 5:18 NTB -> Earth; Heaven; Instruction; Jot; Judaism; Law; Prophecy; Religion TTT -> Law of God, The; Law of Moses, The; Sabbath, The EBD -> Decalogue; Jot; Law; Pentateuch; Tittle WJD -> Devotional using 5:18 WJD -> Devotional using 5:18 5:18 - [In Context] I tell you the truth. Nothing will disappear from the law until heaven and earth are gone. The law will not lose even the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter until all has happened.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:19 JFB -> Commentary on 5:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:19 PNT -> Commentary on 5:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:19 TFG -> Commentary on 5:19 TSK -> Commentary on 5:19 TSK -> Entry for 5:19 WEN -> Notes on 5:19 NTB -> Church; Doctrines; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Minister, Christian; Obedience; Religion; Teachers; Wicked (People) TTT -> Law of God, The EBD -> Decalogue WJD -> Devotional using 5:19 WJD -> Devotional using 5:19 5:19 - [In Context] A person should obey every command, even a command that does not seem important. If a person refuses to obey any command and teaches other people not to obey that command, then that person will be the least important in the kingdom of heaven. But the person that obeys the law and teaches other people to obey the law will be great in the kingdom of heaven.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:20 JFB -> Commentary on 5:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:20 PNT -> Commentary on 5:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:20 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:20 TFG -> Commentary on 5:20 TSK -> Commentary on 5:20 TSK -> Entry for 5:20 WEN -> Notes on 5:20 NTB -> Church; Heaven; Instruction; Law; Religion; Righteousness; Scribe (S); Wicked (People); Works TTT -> Pharisees, The; Self-righteousness EBD -> Pharisees UTM -> Devotional using 5:20 WJD -> Devotional using 5:20 WJD -> Devotional using 5:20 5:20 - [In Context] I tell you that you must do better than the teachers of the law and the Pharisees. F62 If you are not better people, then you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:21 JFB -> Commentary on 5:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:21 PNT -> Commentary on 5:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:21 TFG -> Commentary on 5:21 TSK -> Commentary on 5:21 TSK -> Entry for 5:21 WEN -> Notes on 5:21 NTB -> Homicide; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Quotations And Allusions; Religion; Wicked (People) TTT -> Murder EBD -> Council SBD -> Council WJD -> Devotional using 5:21 WJD -> Devotional using 5:21 5:21 - [In Context] "You have heard that it was said to our people long ago, 'Don't kill any person. F63 And any person that kills will be judged.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:22 JFB -> Commentary on 5:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:22 PNT -> Commentary on 5:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:22 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:22 TFG -> Commentary on 5:22 TSK -> Commentary on 5:22 TSK -> Entry for 5:22 WEN -> Notes on 5:22 NTB -> Anger; Commandments; Fraternity; Hell; Homicide; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Punishment; Raca; Religion; Speaking; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger; Courts of Justice; Murder; Reviling and Reproaching EBD -> Anger; Brother; Chaldee language; Council; Fire; Gehenna; Hinnom; Raca; Sanhedrim; Syriac SBD -> Raca WJD -> Devotional using 5:22 5:22 - [In Context] But I tell you, don't be angry with another person. Every person is your brother. If you are angry with other people, you will be judged. And if you say bad things to another person, you will be judged by the Jewish council. And if you call another person a fool, you will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:23 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:23 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:23 JFB -> Commentary on 5:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:23 PNT -> Commentary on 5:23 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:23 TFG -> Commentary on 5:23 TSK -> Commentary on 5:23 TSK -> Entry for 5:23 WEN -> Notes on 5:23 NTB -> Charitableness; Commandments; Fraternity; Instruction; Judaism; Justice; Law; Reconciliation; Religion; Wicked (People) TTT -> Altar of Burnt-offering, The; Offerings EBD -> Brother; Gift UTM -> Devotional using 5:23 UTM -> Devotional using 5:23 WJD -> Devotional using 5:23 5:23 - [In Context] "So when you offer your gift to God, think about other people. If you are offering your gift before the altar, F64 and you remember that your brother has something against you,
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:24 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:24 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:24 JFB -> Commentary on 5:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:24 PNT -> Commentary on 5:24 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:24 TFG -> Commentary on 5:24 TSK -> Commentary on 5:24 TSK -> Entry for 5:24 WEN -> Notes on 5:24 NTB -> Charitableness; Commandments; Fraternity; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Reconciliation; Religion; Wicked (People) TTT -> Altar of Burnt-offering, The; Offerings; Reconciliation with God EBD -> Brother; Gift WJD -> Devotional using 5:24 5:24 - [In Context] then leave your gift there at the altar. Go and make peace with that person. Then come and offer your gift.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:25 JFB -> Commentary on 5:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:25 PNT -> Commentary on 5:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:25 TFG -> Commentary on 5:25 TSK -> Commentary on 5:25 TSK -> Entry for 5:25 WEN -> Notes on 5:25 NTB -> Adjudication At Law; Compromise; Creditor; Debtor; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Lawsuits; Litigation; Prudence; Reconciliation; Religion; Strife; Wicked (People) TTT -> Courts of Justice; Creditors; Prisons; Procrastination; Punishments; Reconciliation with God EBD -> Adversary SBD -> Officer UTM -> Devotional using 5:25 WJD -> Devotional using 5:25 5:25 - [In Context] "If your enemy is taking you to court, then become friends with him quickly. You should do that before you go to court. If you don't become his friend, then he might give you to the judge. And the judge might give you to a guard to put you in jail.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:26 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:26 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:26 JFB -> Commentary on 5:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:26 PNT -> Commentary on 5:26 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:26 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:26 TFG -> Commentary on 5:26 TSK -> Commentary on 5:26 TSK -> Entry for 5:26 WEN -> Notes on 5:26 NTB -> Compromise; Creditor; Debtor; Farthing; Imprisonment; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Lawsuits; Prudence; Reconciliation; Religion; Wicked (People) TTT -> Creditors; Money; Prisons; Reconciliation with God EBD -> Farthing; Matthew, Gospel according to SBD -> Farthing UTM -> Devotional using 5:26 WJD -> Devotional using 5:26 5:26 - [In Context] And I tell you that you will not leave that jail until you have paid everything you owe.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:27 JFB -> Commentary on 5:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:27 PNT -> Commentary on 5:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:27 TFG -> Commentary on 5:27 TSK -> Commentary on 5:27 TSK -> Entry for 5:27 WEN -> Notes on 5:27 NTB -> Adultery; Commandments; Continence; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Quotations And Allusions; Religion; Wicked (People) WJD -> Devotional using 5:27 WJD -> Devotional using 5:27 5:27 - [In Context] "You have heard that it was said, 'Don't do the sin of adultery.' F65
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:28 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:28 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:28 JFB -> Commentary on 5:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:28 PNT -> Commentary on 5:28 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:28 TFG -> Commentary on 5:28 TSK -> Commentary on 5:28 TSK -> Entry for 5:28 WEN -> Notes on 5:28 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Commandments; Continence; Imagination; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Lust; Religion; Sin; Wicked (People) TTT -> Chastity; Commandments, The Ten; Law of God, The TV -> Devotional using 5:28 WJD -> Devotional using 5:28 WJD -> Devotional using 5:28 TV -> Devotional using 5:28 5:28 - [In Context] But I tell you that if a person looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, then that person has already done that sin with the woman in his mind.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:29 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:29 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:29 JFB -> Commentary on 5:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:29 PNT -> Commentary on 5:29 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:29 TFG -> Commentary on 5:29 TSK -> Commentary on 5:29 TSK -> Entry for 5:29 WEN -> Notes on 5:29 NTB -> Commandments; Eye; Hell; Holiness; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Religion; Self-Denial; Wicked (People) TTT -> Hell; Offence; Punishment of the Wicked, The EBD -> Gehenna SBD -> Hinnom WJD -> Devotional using 5:29 WJD -> Devotional using 5:29 5:29 - [In Context] If your right eye makes you sin, then take it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:30 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:30 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:30 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:30 JFB -> Commentary on 5:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:30 PNT -> Commentary on 5:30 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:30 TFG -> Commentary on 5:30 TSK -> Commentary on 5:30 TSK -> Entry for 5:30 WEN -> Notes on 5:30 NTB -> Commandments; Hand; Hell; Holiness; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Religion; Self-Denial; Wicked (People) TTT -> Hands, The; Offence EBD -> Gehenna UTM -> Devotional using 5:30 WJD -> Devotional using 5:30 WJD -> Devotional using 5:30 5:30 - [In Context] If your right hand makes you sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:31 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:31 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:31 JFB -> Commentary on 5:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:31 PNT -> Commentary on 5:31 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:31 TFG -> Commentary on 5:31 TSK -> Commentary on 5:31 TSK -> Entry for 5:31 WEN -> Notes on 5:31 NTB -> Commandments; Divorce; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Marriage; Quotations And Allusions; Religion TTT -> Divorce EBD -> Divorce SBD -> Divorce WJD -> Devotional using 5:31 WJD -> Devotional using 5:31 5:31 - [In Context] "It was also said, 'Any person that divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.' F66
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:32 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:32 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:32 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:32 JFB -> Commentary on 5:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:32 PNT -> Commentary on 5:32 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:32 TFG -> Commentary on 5:32 TSK -> Commentary on 5:32 TSK -> Entry for 5:32 WEN -> Notes on 5:32 NTB -> Adultery; Commandments; Divorce; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Marriage; Religion TTT -> Divorce EBD -> Divorce SBD -> Marriage WJD -> Devotional using 5:32 WJD -> Devotional using 5:32 5:32 - [In Context] But I tell you that any person that divorces his wife is causing his wife to be guilty of the sin of adultery. F67 The only reason for a person to divorce his wife is if his wife had sexual relations with another man. And any person that marries that divorced woman is guilty of the sin of adultery.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:33 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:33 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:33 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:33 JFB -> Commentary on 5:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:33 PNT -> Commentary on 5:33 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:33 TFG -> Commentary on 5:33 TSK -> Commentary on 5:33 TSK -> Entry for 5:33 WEN -> Notes on 5:33 NTB -> Commandments; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Oath; Perjury; Quotations And Allusions; Religion TTT -> Swearing Falsely WJD -> Devotional using 5:33 WJD -> Devotional using 5:33 5:33 - [In Context] "You have heard that it was said to our people long ago, 'When you make a vow F68 (promise), don't break that promise. Keep the vows (promises) that you make to the Lord.' F69
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:34 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:34 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:34 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:34 JFB -> Commentary on 5:34 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:34 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:34 PNT -> Commentary on 5:34 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:34 TFG -> Commentary on 5:34 TSK -> Commentary on 5:34 TSK -> Entry for 5:34 WEN -> Notes on 5:34 NTB -> Commandments; Heaven; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Oath; Religion; Throne TTT -> Oaths; Swearing, Profane EBD -> Oath WJD -> Devotional using 5:34 WJD -> Devotional using 5:34 5:34 - [In Context] But I tell you, never make a vow. Don't make a vow using the name of heaven, because heaven is God's throne.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:35 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:35 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:35 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:35 JFB -> Commentary on 5:35 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:35 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:35 PNT -> Commentary on 5:35 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:35 TFG -> Commentary on 5:35 TSK -> Commentary on 5:35 TSK -> Entry for 5:35 WEN -> Notes on 5:35 NTB -> Commandments; Instruction; Jerusalem; Judaism; Law; Oath; Religion; Stool TTT -> Earth, The; Oaths; Swearing, Profane EBD -> Footstool WJD -> Devotional using 5:35 WJD -> Devotional using 5:35 5:35 - [In Context] Don't make a vow using the name of the earth, because the earth belongs to God. Don't make a vow using the name of Jerusalem, because that is the city of the great King (God).
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 5:36 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:36 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:36 JFB -> Commentary on 5:36 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:36 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:36 PNT -> Commentary on 5:36 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:36 TFG -> Commentary on 5:36 TSK -> Commentary on 5:36 TSK -> Entry for 5:36 WEN -> Notes on 5:36 NTB -> Commandments; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Oath; Religion TTT -> Hair, The; Head; Oaths; Swearing, Profane SBD -> Hair WJD -> Devotional using 5:36 WJD -> Devotional using 5:36 5:36 - [In Context] And don't even say that your own head is proof that you will keep your vow. You cannot make one hair on your head become white or black.
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 5:37 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:37 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:37 JFB -> Commentary on 5:37 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:37 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:37 PNT -> Commentary on 5:37 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:37 TFG -> Commentary on 5:37 TSK -> Commentary on 5:37 TSK -> Entry for 5:37 WEN -> Notes on 5:37 NTB -> Commandments; Conversation; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Oath; Religion; Speaking EBD -> Oath WJD -> Devotional using 5:37 WJD -> Devotional using 5:37 5:37 - [In Context] Say only 'yes' if you mean yes, and say only 'no' if you mean no. If you must say more than 'yes' or 'no,' it is from the Evil One (the devil).
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:38 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:38 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:38 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:38 JFB -> Commentary on 5:38 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:38 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:38 PNT -> Commentary on 5:38 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:38 TFG -> Commentary on 5:38 TSK -> Commentary on 5:38 TSK -> Entry for 5:38 WEN -> Notes on 5:38 NTB -> Assault And Battery; Commandments; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Malice; Meekness; Quotations And Allusions; Religion; Retaliation TTT -> Eye, The; Meekness; Revenge WJD -> Devotional using 5:38 WJD -> Devotional using 5:38 5:38 - [In Context] "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' F70
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:39 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:39 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:39 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:39 JFB -> Commentary on 5:39 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:39 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:39 PNT -> Commentary on 5:39 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:39 TFG -> Commentary on 5:39 TSK -> Commentary on 5:39 TSK -> Entry for 5:39 WEN -> Notes on 5:39 NTB -> Assault And Battery; Commandments; Forgiveness; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Malice; Meekness; Religion; Retaliation; Strife TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Injustice; Meekness; Revenge; Strife EBD -> Cheek UTM -> Devotional using 5:39 WJD -> Devotional using 5:39 WJD -> Devotional using 5:39 5:39 - [In Context] But I tell you, don't stand against an evil person. If someone hits you on the right cheek, then turn and let him hit the other cheek too.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:40 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:40 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:40 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:40 JFB -> Commentary on 5:40 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:40 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:40 PNT -> Commentary on 5:40 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:40 TFG -> Commentary on 5:40 TSK -> Commentary on 5:40 TSK -> Entry for 5:40 WEN -> Notes on 5:40 NTB -> Actions At Law; Commandments; Debtor; Dress; Forgiveness; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Malice; Meekness; Religion; Retaliation; Strife; Suing TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Meekness; Revenge; Strife EBD -> Cloak WJD -> Devotional using 5:40 WJD -> Devotional using 5:40 5:40 - [In Context] If a person wants to sue you in court and take your shirt, then let him have your coat too.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:41 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:41 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:41 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:41 JFB -> Commentary on 5:41 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:41 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:41 PNT -> Commentary on 5:41 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:41 TFG -> Commentary on 5:41 TSK -> Commentary on 5:41 TSK -> Entry for 5:41 WEN -> Notes on 5:41 NTB -> Commandments; Forgiveness; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Love; Malice; Measure; Meekness; Mile; Religion; Retaliation; Strife TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Measures; Meekness; Revenge EBD -> Mile SBD -> Mile; Weights and Measures UTM -> Devotional using 5:41 WJD -> Devotional using 5:41 WJD -> Devotional using 5:41 5:41 - [In Context] If a soldier forces you to walk with him one mile, then go with him two miles.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:42 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:42 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:42 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:42 JFB -> Commentary on 5:42 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:42 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:42 PNT -> Commentary on 5:42 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:42 TFG -> Commentary on 5:42 TSK -> Commentary on 5:42 TSK -> Entry for 5:42 WEN -> Notes on 5:42 NTB -> Alms; Beneficence; Borrowing; Commandments; Creditor; Instruction; Judaism; Kindness; Law; Lending; Liberality; Love; Meekness; Poor; Religion; Retaliation TTT -> Liberality; Meekness EBD -> Debt WJD -> Devotional using 5:42 WJD -> Devotional using 5:42 5:42 - [In Context] If a person asks you for something, then give it to him. Don't refuse to give to a person that wants to borrow from you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:43 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:43 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:43 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:43 JFB -> Commentary on 5:43 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:43 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:43 PNT -> Commentary on 5:43 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:43 TFG -> Commentary on 5:43 TSK -> Commentary on 5:43 TSK -> Entry for 5:43 WEN -> Notes on 5:43 NTB -> Commandments; Enemy; Forgiveness; Hatred; Instruction; Judaism; Law; Love; Religion; Retaliation TTT -> Meekness SPG -> Devotional using 5:43 TV -> Devotional using 5:43 WJD -> Devotional using 5:43 TV -> Devotional using 5:43 WJD -> Devotional using 5:43 TV -> Devotional using 5:43 5:43 - [In Context] "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor F71 and hate your enemy.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:44 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:44 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:44 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:44 JFB -> Commentary on 5:44 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:44 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:44 PNT -> Commentary on 5:44 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:44 TFG -> Commentary on 5:44 TSK -> Commentary on 5:44 TSK -> Entry for 5:44 WEN -> Notes on 5:44 NTB -> Commandments; Cursing; Enemy; Forgiveness; Good For Evil; Hatred; Instruction; Intercession; Judaism; Law; Love; Persecution; Religion; Retaliation TTT -> Adoption; Enemies; Forgiveness of Injuries; Hatred; Love to Man; Malice; Meekness; Persecution; Prayer, Intercessory TV -> Devotional using 5:44 WJD -> Devotional using 5:44 TV -> Devotional using 5:44 WJD -> Devotional using 5:44 TV -> Devotional using 5:44 5:44 - [In Context] But I tell you, love your enemies. Pray for those people that do bad things to you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:45 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:45 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:45 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:45 JFB -> Commentary on 5:45 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:45 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:45 PNT -> Commentary on 5:45 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:45 TFG -> Commentary on 5:45 TSK -> Commentary on 5:45 TSK -> Entry for 5:45 WEN -> Notes on 5:45 NTB -> Adoption; Commandments; Enemy; Forgiveness; God; God (continued); Good For Evil; Heaven; Instruction; Law; Love; Religion TTT -> Adoption; Goodness of God, The; Meekness; Rain; Sun, The; Titles and Names of Saints TV -> Devotional using 5:45 WJD -> Devotional using 5:45 TV -> Devotional using 5:45 WJD -> Devotional using 5:45 TV -> Devotional using 5:45 5:45 - [In Context] If you do this, then you will be true sons of your Father in heaven. Your Father lets the sun rise for the good people and the bad people. Your Father sends rain to people that do good and to people that do wrong.
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 5:46 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:46 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:46 JFB -> Commentary on 5:46 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:46 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:46 PNT -> Commentary on 5:46 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:46 TFG -> Commentary on 5:46 TSK -> Commentary on 5:46 TSK -> Entry for 5:46 WEN -> Notes on 5:46 NTB -> Commandments; Enemy; Forgiveness; Good For Evil; Instruction; Love; Publicans; Religion; Tax TTT -> Publicans EBD -> Custom WJD -> Devotional using 5:46 WJD -> Devotional using 5:46 5:46 - [In Context] If you love only the people that love you, then you will get no reward. Even the tax collectors F72 do that.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:47 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:47 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:47 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:47 JFB -> Commentary on 5:47 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:47 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:47 PNT -> Commentary on 5:47 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:47 TFG -> Commentary on 5:47 TSK -> Commentary on 5:47 TSK -> Entry for 5:47 WEN -> Notes on 5:47 NTB -> Commandments; Enemy; Forgiveness; Good For Evil; Instruction; Love; Publicans; Religion TTT -> Publicans; Salutations EBD -> Brother; Custom WJD -> Devotional using 5:47 WJD -> Devotional using 5:47 5:47 - [In Context] And if you are nice only to your friends, then you are no better than other people. Even the people without God are nice to their friends.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:48 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:48 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:48 JFB -> Commentary on 5:48 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:48 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:48 PNT -> Commentary on 5:48 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:48 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:48 TFG -> Commentary on 5:48 TSK -> Commentary on 5:48 TSK -> Entry for 5:48 WEN -> Notes on 5:48 NTB -> Commandments; Enemy; Example; Forgiveness; God (continued); Holiness; Instruction; Perfection; Religion TTT -> Conduct, Christian; God; Perfection UTM -> Devotional using 5:48 WJD -> Devotional using 5:48 WJD -> Devotional using 5:48 5:48 - [In Context] So you must be perfect, the same as your Father in heaven is perfect.
FOOTNOTES: F58: land God promised   See Ps. 37:11. F59: want … more than anything else   Literally, "hunger and thirst …." F60: prophets   People that spoke for God. Some of them wrote books that are part of the Old Testament. F61: prophets   People that spoke for God. Some of them wrote books that are part of the Old Testament. F62: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F63: 'Don't … person'   Quote from Ex. 20:13; Deut. 5:17. F64: altar   Place where sacrifices or gifts are offered to God. F65: 'Don't … adultery'   Quote from Ex. 20:14; Deut. 5:18. F66: 'Any person … divorce'   Quote from Deut. 24:1. F67: adultery   Breaking a marriage promise by sexual sin. F68: vow   A very strong promise that a person makes, often using the name of something important. F69: 'When … Lord'   See Lev. 19:12; Num. 30:2; Deut. 23:21. F70: 'An eye … tooth'   Quote from Ex. 21:24; Lev. 24:20. F71: 'Love your neighbor'   Quote from Lev. 19:18. F72: tax collector(s)   Jews hired by the Romans to collect taxes. They often cheated, and the other Jews hated them.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.