Matthew 5:25

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
KJV

ἴσθι εὐνοῶν τῷ ἀντιδίκῳ σου ταχὺ ἕως ὅτου εἶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, μήποτέ σε παραδῷ ὁ ἀντίδικος τῷ κριτῇ, καὶ ὁ κριτὴς τῷ ὑπηρέτῃ, καὶ εἰς φυλακὴν βληθήσῃ·
Greek NT

Esto consentiens adversario tuo cito dum es in via cum eo : ne forte tradat te adversarius judici, et judex tradat te ministro : et in carcerem mittaris.
Vulgate

Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
ASV

Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός

autos

pronoun · 5564×

βάλλω

ballo

verb · 125×

εἰμί

eimi

verb · 2461×

εἰς

eis

preposition · 1769×

εὐνοέω

eunoeo

verb · 1×

καί

kai

conjunction · 8973×

κριτής

krites

noun · 19×

μήποτε

mepote

adverb · 25×

μετά

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor

SBLGNT: μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ | WH/Treg/NIV: μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ | RP: ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ

μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ — SBLGNT
μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont

source: sblgnt-apparatus

notable

SBLGNT: κριτὴς | WH/NIV: κριτὴς | Treg/RP: + σε παραδῷ

κριτὴς — SBLGNT
κριτὴς — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
+ σε παραδῷ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont

source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

§2262In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord recalls the commandment, "You shall not kill,"62 and adds to it the proscription of anger, hatred, and vengeance. Going further, Christ asks his disciples to turn the other cheek, to love their enemies.63 He did not defend himself and told Peter to leave his sword in its sheath.64 Legitimate defense

Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses)

Doctrines of Carpocrates. 1. Carpocrates, again, and his followers maintain that the world and the things which are therein were created by angels greatly inferior to the unbegotten Father. They also hold that Jesus was the son of Joseph, and was just like other men, with the exception that he differed from them in this respect, that inasmuch as his soul was steadfast and pure,…

Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages

2. Whence then does He begin? And what kind of foundations of His new polity does He lay for us? Let us hearken with strict attention unto what is said. For though it was spoken unto them, it was written for the sake also of all men afterwards. And accordingly on this account, though He had His disciples in His mind in His public preaching, yet unto them He limits not His sayin…

2. They thought that He, thus speaking, did so with a view to the abrogation of the ancient institutions. This suspicion therefore He heals; nor here only does He so, but elsewhere also again. Thus, since they accounted Him no less than an adversary of God, from this sort of reason, namely, His not keeping the sabbath; He, to heal such their suspicion, there also again sets for…

Homilies on the First Epistle to the Corinthians

2. Next he adds also the reason why he forbids them not to mix with heathens of that character, implying that it is not only impossible, but also superfluous. 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Calling the Christians and the Greeks, those within and those without, as also he says elsewhere, 1 Timothy 3:7 He must also have a good repo…

Summa Theologica

Did Christ's Passion bring about our salvation by way of merit? Was it by way of atonement? Was it by way of sacrifice? Was it by way of redemption? Is it proper to Christ to be the Redeemer? Did the Passion secure man's salvation efficiently? Article 1. Whether Christ's Passion brought about our salvation by way of merit? Objection 1. It would seem that Christ's Passion did no…

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Cross-references

1Kgs 22:26 — And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
1Sam 25:17 — Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
1Sam 25:18 — Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cake
2Cor 6:2 — (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Amos 4:12 — Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Gen 32:3 — And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Gen 32:13 — And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
Gen 33:3 — And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Heb 3:7 — Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Heb 3:13 — But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Heb 12:17 — For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Job 22:21 — Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job 22:21 — Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Luke 12:58 — When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the
Luke 13:24 — Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Luke 14:31 — Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Matt 18:34 — And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
Prov 6:1 — My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Prov 25:8 — Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Prov 25:8 — Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Ps 32:6 — For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Ps 109:6 — Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.