Jesus said to his disciples: "I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, 'You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.'
But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Raqa,' will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, 'You fool,' will be liable to fiery Gehenna.
Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you,
leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.
Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny."
Source: https://dailygospel.org/M/AM/
Analysis
Today's passage is quite the simple one. It also shows what seems to be another addition Jesus has made to the Torah. Since it's very simple, I'll just dissect the meaning straight away. In the passage opening, Jesus said what He said as it is known that the pharisees and the scribes are very hypocritical, as such that means their righteousness is quite bad. Jesus then continues by saying to His disciples that their ancestors has said not to kill, those who kill are liable to judgement. But Jesus says that if one is angry or mocks their fellow humans, they too are liable. Of course, Jesus doesn't actually mean His consequences, it's simply to stress it. The rest of the passage simply stresses the message further, and what is this message?
The message of this passage is fairly simple, that we must respect our fellow humans and we must care for them. It is a reiteration of the two most important commandments, that is to love God wholeheartedly and to love your fellow humans as your love yourself. This is evident by Jesus saying that if you have someone have anything against you, you should reconcile them first before doing anything else including giving offerings to the altar and so on. The final part about what happens if we don't reconcile is simply elaboration of the first parts. Since this passage is fairly simple, I don't think I can say much here. I believe that is all I have to say, have a nice day and see you tomorrow.
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