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If therefore your eye, even the right eye, is a snare to you, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body should be thrown into Gehenna.
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And if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body should go into Gehenna.
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"It was also said, `If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'
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But I tell you that every man who puts away his wife except on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery.
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"Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, `Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform thy vows to the Lord.'
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But I tell you not to swear at all; neither by Heaven, for it is God's throne;
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nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King.
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And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
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But let your language be, `Yes, yes,' or `No, no.' Anything in excess of this comes from the Evil one.
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"You have heard that it was said, `Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.'
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But I tell you not to resist a wicked man, but if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.