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Matthew 5:22

Matthew 5:22

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I say: Matthew 5:28, Matthew 5:34, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5; Deuteronomy 18:18-19; Acts 3:20-23, Acts 7:37; Hebrews 5:9, Hebrews 12:25

That: Genesis 4:5-6, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:8; 1 Samuel 17:27-28, 1 Samuel 18:8-9, 1 Samuel 20:30-33, 1 Samuel 22:12-23; 1 Kings 21:4; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Esther 3:5-6; Psalms 37:8; Daniel 2:12-13, Daniel 3:13, Daniel 3:19; Ephesians 4:26-27

his brother: Matthew 5:23-24, Matthew 18:21, Matthew 18:35; Deuteronomy 15:11; Nehemiah 5:8; Obadiah 1:10, Obadiah 1:12; Romans 12:10; 1 Corinthians 6:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; 1 John 2:9, 1 John 3:10, 1 John 3:14-15, 1 John 4:20-21, 1 John 5:16

without: Psalms 7:4, Psalms 25:3, Psalms 35:19, Psalms 69:4, Psalms 109:3; Lamentations 3:52; John 15:25

be: Matthew 5:21

the judgment: An inferior court of judicature, in every city, consisting of 23 members, which punished criminals by strangling or beheading.

Whosoever: Matthew 11:18-19, Matthew 12:24; 1 Samuel 20:30; 2 Samuel 16:7; John 7:20, John 8:48; Acts 17:18; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 4:31-32; Titus 3:2; 1 Peter 2:23, 1 Peter 3:9; Jude 1:9

Raca: that is, vain fellow, 2 Samuel 6:20; James 2:20

the council: The Sanhedrin, συνεδριον: strong:G4892, composed of 72 elders, who alone punished by stoning. Matthew 10:17, Matthew 26:59; Mark 14:55, Mark 15:1; John 11:47; Acts 5:27

fool: Psalms 14:1, Psalms 49:10, Psalms 92:6; Proverbs 14:16, Proverbs 18:6; Jeremiah 17:11

hell: Matthew 5:29-30, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 18:8-9, Matthew 25:41; Mark 9:47; Luke 12:5, Luke 16:23-24; Revelation 20:14

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