Matthew 5:23 Cross References
Matthew 5:23
23: "So if you are standing before the altar in the Temple, offering a sacrifice to God, and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you,
Mark 11:25
- But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too. "
Leviticus 6:2
- "Suppose some of the people sin against the LORD by falsely telling their neighbor that an item entrusted to their safekeeping has been lost or stolen. Or suppose they have been dishonest with regard to a security deposit, or they have taken something by theft or extortion.
- Or suppose they find a lost item and lie about it, or they deny something while under oath, or they commit any other similar sin.
- If they have sinned in any of these ways and are guilty, they must give back whatever they have taken by theft or extortion, whether a security deposit, or property entrusted to them, or a lost object that they claimed as their own,
- or anything gained by swearing falsely. When they realize their guilt, they must restore the principal amount plus a penalty of 20 percent to the person they have harmed.
- They must then bring a guilt offering to the priest, who will present it before the LORD. This offering must be a ram with no physical defects or the animal's equivalent value in silver.
Matthew 23:19
- How blind! For which is greater, the gift on the altar, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
Matthew 8:4
- Then Jesus said to him, "Go right over to the priest and let him examine you. Don't talk to anyone along the way. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy, so everyone will have proof of your healing."
Matthew 5:24
- leave your sacrifice there beside the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God.
1 Samuel 15:22
- But Samuel replied, "What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Obedience is far better than sacrifice. Listening to him is much better than offering the fat of rams.
Luke 19:8
- Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have overcharged people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!"
Lamentations 3:20
- I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.
Isaiah 1:10
- Listen to the LORD, you leaders of Israel! Listen to the law of our God, people of Israel. You act just like the rulers and people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
- "I am sick of your sacrifices," says the LORD. "Don't bring me any more burnt offerings! I don't want the fat from your rams or other animals. I don't want to see the blood from your offerings of bulls and rams and goats.
- Why do you keep parading through my courts with your worthless sacrifices?
- The incense you bring me is a stench in my nostrils! Your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath day, and your special days for fasting--even your most pious meetings--are all sinful and false. I want nothing more to do with them.
- I hate all your festivals and sacrifices. I cannot stand the sight of them!
Hosea 6:6
- I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices. I want you to know God; that's more important than burnt offerings.
Genesis 50:15
- But now that their father was dead, Joseph's brothers became afraid. "Now Joseph will pay us back for all the evil we did to him," they said.
- So they sent this message to Joseph: "Before your father died, he instructed us
- to say to you: `Forgive your brothers for the great evil they did to you.' So we, the servants of the God of your father, beg you to forgive us." When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept.
Genesis 42:21
- Speaking among themselves, they said, "This has all happened because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his terror and anguish and heard his pleadings, but we wouldn't listen. That's why this trouble has come upon us."
- "Didn't I tell you not to do it?" Reuben asked. "But you wouldn't listen. And now we are going to die because we murdered him."
Ezekiel 16:63
- You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silence and shame when I forgive you of all that you have done, says the Sovereign LORD."
Genesis 41:9
- Then the king's cup-bearer spoke up. "Today I have been reminded of my failure," he said.
Amos 5:21
- "I hate all your show and pretense--the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.
- I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. I won't even notice all your choice peace offerings.
- Away with your hymns of praise! They are only noise to my ears. I will not listen to your music, no matter how lovely it is.
- Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, a river of righteous living that will never run dry.
1 Kings 2:44
- The king also said to Shimei, "You surely remember all the wicked things you did to my father, King David. May the LORD punish you for them.
Deuteronomy 16:16
- "Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. They must appear before the LORD your God at the place he chooses on each of these occasions, and they must bring a gift to the LORD.
- All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the LORD your God.