Matius 5:25

5:25 Reach agreement ¹  quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, ²  or he ³  may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

Matius 23:13

23:13 “But woe to you, experts in the law ⁴  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! ⁵  You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! ⁶  For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

[5:25]  ¹ tn Grk “Make friends.”

[5:25]  ² tn The words “to court” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[5:25]  ³ tn Grk “the accuser.”

[23:13]  ⁴ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “Woe to you…because you…” The causal particle ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated here for rhetorical effect (and so throughout this chapter).

[23:13]  ⁶ tn Grk “because you are closing the kingdom of heaven before people.”