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If someone sues you, come to terms with him quickly, while you and he are on the way to court; or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer of the court, and you may be thrown in jail!
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Yes indeed! I tell you, you will certainly not get out until you have paid the last penny.
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"You have heard that our fathers were told, `Do not commit adultery.'m
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But I tell you that a man who even looks at a woman with the purpose of lusting after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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If your right eye makes you sin, gouge it out and throw it away! Better that you should lose one part of you than have your whole body thrown into Gei-Hinnom.
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And if your right hand makes you sin, cut it off and throw it away! Better that you should lose one part of you than have your whole body thrown into Gei-Hinnom.
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"It was said, `Whoever divorces his wife must give her a get.'
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But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of fornication, makes her an adulteress; and that anyone who marries a divorcee commits adultery.
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"Again, you have heard that our fathers were told, `Do not break your oath,' and `Keep your vows to ADONAI.'
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But I tell you not to swear at all -- not `by heaven,' because it is God's throne;
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not `by the earth,' because it is his footstool;p and not `by Yerushalayim,' because it is the city of the Great King.