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Matthew 5:38

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Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

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  1. Matthew 5:36

    Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

  2. Matthew 5:37

    But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

  3. Matthew 5:39

    But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

  4. Matthew 5:40

    And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.