2024-02-23 14:35:47
Reading of the holy gospel according to Saint Matthew
Mt 5, 20-26
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you the truth, if your righteousness is not greater than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of heaven.
They have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not kill and whoever kills will be brought before the court. But I tell you: Anyone who is angry with his brother will also be brought before the court; He who insults his brother will be brought before the supreme court, and he who despises him will be brought to the fire of the place of punishment.
Therefore, if when you are regarding to put your offering on the altar, you remember there and then that your brother has a complaint once morest you, leave your offering next to the altar and go first to be reconciled to your brother, and then return to present your offering. offering.
Make peace with your adversary quickly, while you go with him along the way; lest I hand you over to the judge, the judge to the policeman, and they put you in jail. “I assure you that you will not get out of there until you have paid the last penny.”
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