An Eye for an Eye

^17 (A)“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.

³⁰ “If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the ^(A)evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. ³¹ Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.

⁵² Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For ^(A)all who take the sword will perish by the sword.