Matthew 5:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

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  • Deut 5:17 : 17 Do not put anyone to death without cause.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.
  • Matt 5:27 : 27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:
  • Num 35:30-34 : 30 Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough. 31 Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death. 32 And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest. 33 So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it. 34 Do not make unclean the land where you are living and in which is my House: for I the Lord am present among the children of Israel.
  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man. 6 Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death. 13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight. 14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
  • Num 35:12 : 12 In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.
  • Num 35:16-21 : 16 But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death. 17 Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death. 18 Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death. 19 He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him. 20 If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death; 21 Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
  • Matt 5:38 : 38 You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
  • Deut 21:7-9 : 7 Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it. 8 Have mercy, O Lord, on your people Israel whom you have made free, and take away from your people the crime of a death without cause. Then they will no longer be responsible for the man's death. 9 So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause. 6 So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.
  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32 : 31 And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause. 32 And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:) 10 Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?
  • 2 Sam 20:18 : 18 Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end?
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

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  • Deut 5:17-18
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    17Do not put anyone to death without cause.

    18Do not be false to the married relation.

  • Matt 5:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

    23If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,

  • Exod 20:13-14
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    80%

    13Do not put anyone to death without cause.

    14Do not be false to the married relation.

  • Jas 2:11
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    11For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken.

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

    28But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

  • Lev 24:17
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    17And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

  • Matt 5:38
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    38You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

  • Exod 21:12
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    12He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

  • Exod 21:14-15
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    14But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

    15Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

  • Matt 19:18
    74%

    18He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

  • Matt 5:33
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    33Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

  • Matt 5:19-20
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    19Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

    20For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

  • Num 35:21
    73%

    21Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.

  • Lev 24:21
    72%

    21He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

  • Num 35:30-31
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    72%

    30Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.

    31Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.

  • Matt 15:4-5
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    4For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

    5But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • 1 John 3:15
    72%

    15Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

  • Num 35:16-17
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    16But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

    17Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

  • Matt 5:43
    72%

    43You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

  • Deut 19:20-21
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    20And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.

    21Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Lev 20:9-10
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    71%

    9Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

    10And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

  • Exod 21:23
    71%

    23But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,

  • Num 35:19
    71%

    19He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.

  • Matt 7:1
    71%

    1Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

  • Jas 5:6
    71%

    6You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.

  • Luke 12:4-5
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    4And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

    5But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.

  • Luke 18:20
    70%

    20You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

  • Deut 19:10-12
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    70%

    10So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

    11But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;

    12The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

  • Matt 10:21
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    21And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

  • Mark 10:19
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    19You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

  • Matt 10:28
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    28And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

  • Exod 35:2
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    2Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.

  • Exod 31:14
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    14So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.

  • Matt 5:31
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    31Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

  • Deut 13:9
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    9But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.