Matthew 5:38
You heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
In Context
37but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil [one].
Cross References
Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Leviticus 24:20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he puts a blemish in a man so it is done in him.
Deuteronomy 19:21And your eye does not pity—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:34-38
The Sermon on the Mount. 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for… Read the whole commentary →