Matthew 5:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 5:17 : 17 `Thou dost not murder.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 `Thou dost not murder.
  • Matt 5:27 : 27 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 `Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 `Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy;
  • Num 35:30-34 : 30 whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth `one' slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person -- to die. 31 `And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who `is' condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death; 32 and ye take no atonement for him to flee unto the city of his refuge, to turn back to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 `And ye profane not the land which ye `are' in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it; 34 and ye defile not the land in which ye are dwelling, in the midst of which I do tabernacle, for I Jehovah do tabernacle in the midst of the sons of Israel.'
  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 `And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; 6 whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 `He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death; 13 as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee. 14 `And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.
  • Num 35:12 : 12 and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.
  • Num 35:16-21 : 16 `And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. 17 `And if with a stone `in' the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. 18 `Or with a wooden instrument `in' the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. 19 `The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death. 20 `And if in hatred he thrust him through, or hath cast `anything' at him by lying in wait, and he dieth; 21 or in enmity he hath smitten him with his hand, and he dieth; the smiter is certainly put to death; he `is' a murderer; the redeemer of blood doth put the murderer to death in his coming against him.
  • Matt 5:38 : 38 `Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;
  • Deut 21:7-9 : 7 and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen -- 8 receive atonement for Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast ransomed, O Jehovah, and suffer not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people Israel; and the blood hath been pardoned to them, 9 and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 `And also, thou hast known that which he did to me -- Joab son of Zeruiah -- that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether -- that he slayeth them, and maketh the blood of war in peace, and putteth the blood of war in his girdle, that `is' on his loins, and in his sandals that `are' on his feet; 6 and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.
  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32 : 31 And the king saith to him, `Do as he hath spoken, and fall upon him, and thou hast buried him, and turned aside the causeless blood which Joab shed, from off me, and from off the house of my father; 32 and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers, 9 (For of yesterday we `are', and we know not, For a shadow `are' our days on earth.) 10 Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?
  • 2 Sam 20:18 : 18 and she speaketh, saying, `They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 `Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.

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    17`Thou dost not murder.

    18`Thou dost not commit adultery.

  • Matt 5:22-23
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    22but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

    23`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,

  • Exod 20:13-14
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    13`Thou dost not murder.

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  • Jas 2:11
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  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

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  • Lev 24:17
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    17`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.

  • Matt 5:38
    75%

    38`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

  • Exod 21:12
    75%

    12`He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

  • Exod 21:14-15
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    14`And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.

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  • Matt 19:18
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  • Matt 5:33
    74%

    33`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

  • Matt 5:19-20
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    19`Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands -- the least -- and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach `them', he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

    20`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

  • Num 35:21
    73%

    21or in enmity he hath smitten him with his hand, and he dieth; the smiter is certainly put to death; he `is' a murderer; the redeemer of blood doth put the murderer to death in his coming against him.

  • Lev 24:21
    72%

    21`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth `the life of' man is put to death;

  • Num 35:30-31
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    72%

    30whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth `one' slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person -- to die.

    31`And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who `is' condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death;

  • Matt 15:4-5
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    4for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

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  • Exod 21:17
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    17`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

  • 1 John 3:15
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  • Num 35:16-17
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    16`And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

    17`And if with a stone `in' the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

  • Matt 5:43
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    43`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy;

  • Deut 19:20-21
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    71%

    20and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst;

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  • Lev 20:9-10
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    71%

    9`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood `is' on him.

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  • Exod 21:23
    71%

    23and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,

  • Num 35:19
    71%

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  • Matt 7:1
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    1`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

  • Jas 5:6
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  • Luke 12:4-5
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  • Luke 18:20
    70%

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  • Deut 19:10-12
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    10and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.

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  • Matt 10:21
    70%

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  • Mark 10:19
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    19the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

  • Matt 10:28
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  • Exod 35:2
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    9`But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;