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"Truly I say to you, 1you will not come out of thereuntil you have paid up the lastcent.
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"2You have heard that it was said, '3YOU SHALL NOT COMMITADULTERY ';
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but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman4with lust for her has alreadycommittedadultery with her in his heart.
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"5If 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 6hell.
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"7If 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 8hell.
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"It was said, '9WHOEVER*SENDS HIS WIFEAWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE ';
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10but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commitadultery; and whoever*marries a divorcedwomancommitsadultery.
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"Again, 11you have heard that the ancients were told, '12YOU SHALL NOT MAKEFALSEVOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.'
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"But I say to you, 13makenooath at all, either by heaven, for it is 14the throne of God,
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or by the earth, for it is the 15footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is 16THE CITY OF THE GREATKING.
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"Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot*makeonehairwhiteorblack.