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but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman1with lust for her has alreadycommittedadultery with her in his heart.
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"2If 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 3hell.
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"4If 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 5hell.
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"It was said, '6WHOEVER*SENDS HIS WIFEAWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE ';
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7but 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, 8you have heard that the ancients were told, '9YOU SHALL NOT MAKEFALSEVOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.'
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"But I say to you, 10makenooath at all, either by heaven, for it is 11the throne of God,
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or by the earth, for it is the 12footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is 13THE CITY OF THE GREATKING.
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"Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot*makeonehairwhiteorblack.
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"But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes ' or 'No, no '; anything beyondthese is of 14evil.
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"15You have heard that it was said, '16AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.'