Daily Discovery Bible Study

21 You've heard that the law said to the people of long ago: ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who commits murder will be condemned as guilty.’22 But I tell you, anyone who is angry with his brother will be condemned as guilty. Whoever calls his brother an idiot has to answer to the council, but whoever verbally abuses others is liable to the fire of judgment.23 If you're at the altar making an offering, and remember that your brother has something against you,24 leave your offering on the altar and go and make peace with him first, and afterwards come back and make your offering.25 While you're on the way to court with your opponent, make sure you settle things quickly. Otherwise your opponent might hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the court official, and you will be thrown into jail.26 I tell you the truth: you won't get out of there until you've paid every last penny.

27 You've heard that the law said, ‘Don't commit adultery.’28 But I tell you that everyone who looks lustfully at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his mind.29 If your right eye leads you to sin, then tear it out and throw it away, because it's better to lose one part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into the fire of judgment.30 If your right hand leads you to sin, then cut it off and throw it away, for it's better for you to lose one of your limbs than for your whole body to go into the fire of judgment.

Matthew 5: 21-30