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Matthew
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English: New American Standard Bible |
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Matthew 5 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] 
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"You have heard that it was said, `YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; |
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but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. |
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"If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. |
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"If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell. |
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"It was said, `WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; |
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but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. |
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"Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, `YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.' |
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"But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, |
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or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING. |
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"Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. |
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"But let your statement be, `Yes, yes' or `No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil. |
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"You have heard that it was said, `AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.' |
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"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. |
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"If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also. |
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"Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. |
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"Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. |
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"You have heard that it was said, `YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' |
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"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, |
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so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. |
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"For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? |
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"If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? |
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"Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. |
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