Matthew 5:23-24
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[23] "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, [24] leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageJerusalem was the center of Israel’s temple worship, where worshipers brought offerings to God’s altar. Jesus’ example assumes this sacred setting and stresses that reconciliation with an offended brother must accompany sincere worship, not be postponed by religious ritual.
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Matthew 5:23-24 mentions Jerusalem.
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