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- "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY';
- 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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, 'YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.'
- "But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
- or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.
- "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.
- "You have heard that it was said, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.'
- "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.
- "If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.
- "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.
- "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.'
- "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
- 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.
- "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?
- "Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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