Matthew 5:31-41

31 "It was said, '1WHOEVER * SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE ';
32 2but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever * marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
33 "Again, 3you have heard that the ancients were told, '4YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.'
34 "But I say to you, 5make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is 6the throne of God,
35 or by the earth, for it is the 7footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is 8THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.
36 "Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot * make one hair white or black.
37 "But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes ' or 'No, no '; anything beyond these is of 9evil.
38 "10You have heard that it was said, '11AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.'
39 "But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but 12whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
40 "If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.
41 "Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

Cross References 12

  • 1. Deuteronomy 24:1, 3; Jeremiah 3:1; Matthew 19:7; Mark 10:4
  • 2. Matthew 19:9; Mark 10:11; Luke 16:18; 1 Corinthians 7:11
  • 3. Matthew 5:21, 27, 38, 43; Matthew 23:16f
  • 4. Leviticus 19:12; Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:21, 23
  • 5. James 5:12
  • 6. Isaiah 66:1; Matthew 23:22
  • 7. Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:49
  • 8. Psalms 48:2
  • 9. Matthew 6:13; Matthew 13:19, 38; John 17:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 John 2:13; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 5:18
  • 10. Matt 5:21, 27, 33, 43
  • 11. Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21
  • 12. Matthew 5:39-42: {Luke 6:29, 30;} 1 Corinthians 6:7

Footnotes 11

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