Matthew 5:28-38

28 But I say to you that ¹everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29 ²If your right eye ³causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into ⁴hell.

30 ⁵And if your right hand ⁶causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into ⁷hell.

Divorce

31 ⁸“It was also said, ⁹‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce. ’

32 ¹⁰But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and ¹¹whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Oaths

33 “Again ¹²you have heard that it was said to those of old, ¹³‘You shall not swear falsely, but ¹⁴shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn. ’

34 But I say to you, ¹⁵Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for ¹⁶it is the throne of God,

35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is ¹⁷the city of the great King.

36 And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

37 Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; ¹⁸anything more than this comes from evil. ^[a]

Retaliation

38 ¹⁹“You have heard that it was said, ²⁰‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. ’