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"1If 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 2hell.
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"It was said, '3WHOEVER*SENDS HIS WIFEAWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE ';
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4but 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, 5you have heard that the ancients were told, '6YOU SHALL NOT MAKEFALSEVOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.'
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"But I say to you, 7makenooath at all, either by heaven, for it is 8the throne of God,
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or by the earth, for it is the 9footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is 10THE 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 11evil.
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"12You have heard that it was said, '13AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.'
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"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but 14whoeverslaps you on your rightcheek, turn the other to him also.
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"If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coatalso.