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Matthew 5:23

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

Repentance, confession and forgiveness

Key words: dōron thysiastērion prospherō adelphos mnaomai

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Thereforeoun οὖνoun13
ifean ἐὰνean11
thou bringprospherēs προσφέρῃςprospherō2
thysou σουsou50
giftdōron δῶρόνdōron3
toepi ἐπὶepi12
theto τὸho145
altarthysiastērion θυσιαστήριονthysiastērion2
and therekakei κἀκεῖkakei1
rememberestmnēsthēs μνησθῇςmnaomai1
thathoti ὅτιhoti33
thysou σουsou50
brotheradelphos ἀδελφόςadelphos8
hathechei ἔχειechō5
oughtti τιtis1
againstkata κατὰkata2
theesou σοῦsou50

Memory passages these point to

J-34 Matthew 23:13-22J-53 Genesis 50:16-20P-37 Luke 19:1-10P-51 Genesis 50:15-21S-82 Matthew 23:17-39

Cross-references 15

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

thou bring thy gift to the altar 7
  • Matthew 8:4

    4And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

  • Matthew 23:19 J-34 Matthew 23:13-22S-82 Matthew 23:17-39

    19Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

  • Deuteronomy 16:16-17

    16"Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. 17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

  • 1 Samuel 15:22

    22So Samuel said: "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.

  • Isaiah 1:10-17

    10Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah: 11"To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" Says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats. 12"When you come to appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, To trample My courts? 13Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies--I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. 14Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them. 15When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. 16"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, 17Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.

  • Hosea 6:6

    6For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

  • Amos 5:21-24

    21"I hate, I despise your feast days, And I do not savor your sacred assemblies. 22Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings. 23Take away from Me the noise of your songs, For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments. 24But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream.

rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee 8
  • Genesis 41:9

    9Then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying: "I remember my faults this day.

  • Genesis 42:21-22

    21Then they said to one another, "We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear; therefore this distress has come upon us." 22And Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not speak to you, saying, "Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us."

  • Genesis 50:15-17 J-53 Genesis 50:16-20P-51 Genesis 50:15-21

    15When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him." 16So they sent messengers to Joseph, saying, "Before your father died he commanded, saying, 17"Thus you shall say to Joseph: "I beg you, please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin; for they did evil to you."' Now, please, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

  • Leviticus 6:2-6

    2"If a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by lying to his neighbor about what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or about a pledge, or about a robbery, or if he has extorted from his neighbor, 3or if he has found what was lost and lies concerning it, and swears falsely--in any one of these things that a man may do in which he sins: 4then it shall be, because he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall restore what he has stolen, or the thing which he has extorted, or what was delivered to him for safekeeping, or the lost thing which he found, 5or all that about which he has sworn falsely. He shall restore its full value, add one-fifth more to it, and give it to whomever it belongs, on the day of his trespass offering. 6And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, as a trespass offering, to the priest.

  • 1 Kings 2:44

    44The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know, as your heart acknowledges, all the wickedness that you did to my father David; therefore the LORD will return your wickedness on your own head.

  • Lamentations 3:20

    20My soul still remembers And sinks within me.

  • Ezekiel 16:63

    63that you may remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done," says the Lord GOD."'

  • Luke 19:8 P-37 Luke 19:1-10

    8Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold."

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