25
"1Makefriendsquickly with your opponent at lawwhile you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
26
"Truly I say to you, 2you will not come out of thereuntil you have paid up the lastcent.
27
"3You have heard that it was said, '4YOU SHALL NOT COMMITADULTERY ';
28
but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman5with lust for her has alreadycommittedadultery with her in his heart.
29
"6If your righteyemakes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to loseone of the parts of your body, than* for your wholebody to be thrown into 7hell.
30
"8If your righthandmakes 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 wholebody to go into 9hell.
31
"It was said, '10WHOEVER*SENDS HIS WIFEAWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE ';
32
11but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commitadultery; and whoever*marries a divorcedwomancommitsadultery.
33
"Again, 12you have heard that the ancients were told, '13YOU SHALL NOT MAKEFALSEVOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.'
34
"But I say to you, 14makenooath at all, either by heaven, for it is 15the throne of God,
35
or by the earth, for it is the 16footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is 17THE CITY OF THE GREATKING.