Like the errant newspapers of today, the religious leaders in Israel had misinterpreted the facts about the true meaning of the Law and had disseminated their misinformation among their fellow Jews for centuries. Jesus gives the correct interpretation of the law.

Note: The last half of the sermon is missing, but the instructive notes for Reconciliation are below:

The appeal for corrective action:     [Verse 23-24]

How important is it to reconcile broken relationships?  So important that it takes priority over everything else – including worship!!

On the way to where?  To civil court – the place that Paul exhorts believers in conflict to avoid at all costs since it represents an utter failure on the part of Christ-following believers (1 Cor 6:1-6).

Penny = Kodrantes = “One tenth of a denarius (a day’s pay)

It was the smallest Roman coin in use among the Jews at that time.

Biblical process of reconciliation: Matthew 5:23-24; 18:15-17

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