Jesus gave two illustrations of anger, one involving temple worship ( Matthew 5:23-24) and the other legal action ( Matthew 5:25-26). Both deal with situations in which the hearer is the cause of another person"s anger rather than the offended party. Why did Jesus construct the illustrations this way? Perhaps He did so because we are more likely to remember situations in which we have had some grievance against another person than those in which we have simply offended another. Moreover Jesus" disciples should be as sensitive to making other people hate them as they are about hating others. [source][source][source]
The offerer would present his offering at the brazen altar in the temple courtyard. It is more important to lift the load of hate from another brother"s heart than to engage in a formal act of worship. Ritual worship was very important to the scribes and Pharisees, and to all the Jews, but Jesus put internal purity first, even the internal purity of another person (cf. 1 Samuel 16:7). Reconciliation is more important than worship also in that it must come first. [source][source][source]