Matthew 5:38

"You have heard that it was said, `Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.'

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 language be, `Yes, yes,' or `No, no.' Anything in excess of this comes from the Evil one.

39But I tell you not to resist a wicked man, but if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

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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 →

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