Trinity/After Pentecost
The Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Trinity 6 · July 12, 2026

Overview & Insights
"So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother." (Matthew 5:23-24)
Jesus tells the disciples that their righteousness must surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, then presses the command against murder inward to include anger and contempt. He urges quick reconciliation with an estranged brother, even before worship, and settling with an accuser before facing judgment.
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Commentary
Enduring Word Bible Commentary Matthew Chapter 5 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik works verse by verse through the Sermon on the Mount, including the exceeding righteousness and the deeper reading of the command against murder.
Matthew 5:20 Commentaries BibleHub
A stack of classic commentators such as Barnes, Gill, and the Pulpit Commentary gathered on the passage in one place.
Matthew 5:21-37 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching commentary that distinguishes feeling anger from nursing a grudge and reads reconciliation as the heart of the passage.
Commentary on Matthew 5:21-37 Working Preacher
Luther Seminary exegesis of the antitheses on anger and reconciliation, appointed in the Revised Common Lectionary for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Matthew Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on the authorship, structure, and themes of Matthew's Gospel.
Overview: Gospel of Matthew (Chapters 1-13) BibleProject
An animated overview of the first half of Matthew, the setting for the Sermon on the Mount.
Matthew 5:20 Greek Interlinear BibleHub
Greek word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for close study of righteousness and the word for anger.
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