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But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.
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And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.
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And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.
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Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:
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But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.
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Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:
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But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;
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Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.
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You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
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But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
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You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: