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Butletyourcommunicationbe , Yea,yea;Nay,nay:for whatsoever is more than thesecomethofevil.
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Ye have heardthat it hath been said , An eyefor an eye,and a toothfor a tooth:
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ButIsay unto you, That ye resistnotevil:butwhosoever shall smitetheeonthyrightcheek,turn to him the otheralso.
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And if any man willsuethee at the law , and take awaythycoat,lethimhave thy clokealso.
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Andwhosoever shall compelthee to goamile,gowithhimtwain.
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Give to him that askeththee,and from him that wouldborrowoftheeturnnot thou away .
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Ye have heardthat it hath been said , Thou shalt lovethyneighbour,andhatethineenemy.
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ButIsay unto you,Loveyourenemies,bless them that curseyou,dogood to them that hateyou,andprayfor them which despitefully useyou,andpersecuteyou;
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That ye may be the children of yourFatherwhich is inheaven:for he makethhissun to riseon the eviland on the good,and sendeth rainon the justand on the unjust.