Matthew 5:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder,' and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment:

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  • Deut 5:17 : 17 You shall not kill.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 You shall not murder.
  • Matt 5:27 : 27 You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery:'
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord:'
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
  • Num 35:30-34 : 30 Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death. 32 And you shall take no ransom for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it. 34 Therefore do not defile the land which you shall inhabit, where I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 And surely for your blood, the blood of your lives, I will demand an account; at the hand of every beast I will demand it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will demand the life of man. 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. 13 However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place for you where he may flee. 14 But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
  • Num 35:12 : 12 And they shall be for you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer may not die, until he stands before the congregation in judgment.
  • Num 35:16-21 : 16 And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies; 21 Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.
  • Matt 5:38 : 38 You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth:'
  • Deut 21:7-9 : 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8 Be merciful, O LORD, to Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not place innocent blood upon Your people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.
  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32 : 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father. 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, 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 For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow:) 10 Will they not teach you, and tell you, and speak words from their heart?
  • 2 Sam 20:18 : 18 She continued, In former times, they used to say, Let them ask counsel at Abel; and so they resolved disputes.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges and officers you shall make for yourself in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

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  • Deut 5:17-18
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    17You shall not kill.

    18Neither shall you commit adultery.

  • Matt 5:22-23
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    22But I say to you, that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever says to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be in danger of the council: but whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire.

    23Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • Exod 20:13-14
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    13You shall not murder.

    14You shall not commit adultery.

  • Jas 2:11
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    11For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery:'

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    17And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

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

  • Exod 21:12
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    12He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:14-15
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    14But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

    15And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Matt 19:18
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    18He said to him, Which ones? Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

  • Matt 5:33
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    33Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord:'

  • Matt 5:19-20
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    19Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

    20For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

  • Num 35:21
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    21Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

  • Lev 24:21
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    21And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

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    30Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

    31Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Matt 15:4-5
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    4For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die.

    5But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me;

  • Exod 21:17
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    17And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • 1 John 3:15
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    15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

  • Num 35:16-17
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    16And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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    9For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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    23But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,

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    19The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

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    1Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

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    6You have condemned and killed the righteous; and he does not resist you.

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    20You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and your mother.

  • Deut 19:10-12
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    10That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.

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    12Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

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    19You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.

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    14You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: everyone who defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

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  • Deut 13:9
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    9But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.