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Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
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Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.
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You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than thy whole body be cast into hell.
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And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body go into hell.
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And it hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.
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But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
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Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord.
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But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven for it is the throne of God:
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Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king: