Matthew 5:24 “leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to…”

Matthew 5:24

leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

World English Bible

leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

American Standard Version

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Geneva Bible 1599

Leaue there thine offring before the altar, and goe thy way: first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Darby Translation

leave there thy gift before the altar, and first go, be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Young's Literal Translation

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go — first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

Bible in Basic English

While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

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Cross references

“there”

James 5:16 Matthew 18:15–17 Job 42:8 Proverbs 25:9 1 Timothy 2:8 James 3:13–18

James 5:16 · BSB

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Matthew 18:15–17 · BSB

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

Job 42:8 · BSB

So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your fo…

Proverbs 25:9 · BSB

Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

1 Timothy 2:8 · BSB

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

James 3:13–18 · BSB

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

“and then”

Matthew 23:23 1 Corinthians 11:28

Matthew 23:23 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latte…

1 Corinthians 11:28 · BSB

Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

25Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

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