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Exodus 21

    ²If you buy a Hebrew servant [as the result of debt or theft], he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, paying nothing.^(A)

    ³If he came [to you] by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he came married, then his wife shall go out with him.

    ⁴If his master has given him a wife and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out [of your service] alone.

    ⁵But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go free,

    ⁶Then his master shall bring him to God [the judges as His agents]; he shall bring him to the door or doorpost and shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him for life.

    ⁷If a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant or bondwoman, she shall not go out [in six years] as menservants do.

    ⁸If she does not please her master who has not espoused her to himself, he shall let her be redeemed. To sell her to a foreign people he shall have no power, for he has dealt faithlessly with her.

    ⁹And if he espouses her to his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.

    ¹⁰If he marries again, her food, clothing, and privilege as a wife shall he not diminish.

    ¹¹And if he does not do these three things for her, then shall she go out free, without payment of money.

    ¹²Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

    ¹³But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God allowed him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee [for protection until duly tried].^(B)

    ¹⁴But if a man comes willfully upon another to slay him craftily, you shall take him from My altar [to which he may have fled for protection], that he may die.

    ¹⁵Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

    ¹⁶Whoever kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or is found with him in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

    ¹⁷Whoever curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

    ¹⁸If men quarrel and one strikes another with a stone or with his fist and he does not die but keeps his bed,

    ¹⁹If he rises again and walks about leaning upon his staff, then he that struck him shall be clear, except he must pay for the loss of his time and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

    ²⁰And if a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod and he [or she] dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

    ²¹But if the servant lives on for a day or two, the offender shall not be punished, for he [has injured] his own property.

    ²²If men contend with each other, and a pregnant woman [interfering] is hurt so that she has a miscarriage, yet no further damage follows, [the one who hurt her] shall surely be punished with a fine [paid] to the woman's husband, as much as the judges determine.

    ²³But if any damage follows, then you shall give life for life,

    ²⁴Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

    ²⁵Burn for burn, wound for wound, and lash for lash.

    ²⁶And if a man hits the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid so that it is destroyed, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

    ²⁷And if he knocks out his manservant's tooth or his maidservant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

    ²⁸If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be clear.

    ²⁹But if the ox has tried to gore before, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it closed in and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also put to death.

    ³⁰If a ransom is put on [the man's] life, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him.

    ³¹If the [man's ox] has gored another's son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.

    ³²If the ox gores a manservant or a maidservant, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

    ³³If a man leaves a pit open or digs a pit and does not cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

    ³⁴The owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to the animal's owner, but the dead beast shall be his.

    ³⁵If one man's ox hurts another's so that it dies, they shall sell the live ox and divide the price of it; the dead ox also they shall divide between them.

    ³⁶Or if it is known that the ox has gored in the past, and its owner has not kept it closed in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.

Exodus 22

    ²If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood shed for him.

    ³But if the sun has risen [so he can be seen], blood must be shed for slaying him. The thief [if he lives] must make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

    ⁴If the beast which he stole is found in his possession alive, whether it is ox or ass or sheep, he shall restore double.

    ⁵If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution of the best of his own field or his own vineyard.

    ⁶If fire breaks out and catches so that the stacked grain or standing grain or the field be consumed, he who kindled the fire shall make full restitution.

    ⁷If a man delivers to his neighbor money or goods to keep and it is stolen out of the neighbor's house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

    ⁸But if the thief is not found, the house owner shall appear before God [the judges as His agents] to find whether he stole his neighbor's goods.

    ⁹For every unlawful deed, whether it concerns ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing at all, which another identifies as his, the cause of both parties shall come before God [the judges]. Whomever [they] shall condemn shall pay his neighbor double.

    ¹⁰If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep and it dies or is hurt or driven away, no man seeing it,

    ¹¹Then an oath before the Lord shall be required between the two that the man has not taken his neighbor's property; and the owner of it shall accept his word and not require him to make good the loss.

    ¹²But if it is stolen when in his care, he shall make restitution to its owner.

    ¹³If it be torn in pieces [by some wild beast or by accident], let him bring [the mangled carcass] for witness; he shall not make good what was torn.

    ¹⁴And if a man borrows anything of his neighbor and it gets hurt or dies without its owner being with it, the borrower shall make full restitution.

    ¹⁵But if the owner is with it [when the damage is done], the borrower shall not make it good. If it is a hired thing, the damage is included in its hire.

    ¹⁶If a man seduces a virgin not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to become his wife.

    ¹⁷If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the dowry of virgins.

    ¹⁸You shall not allow a woman to live who practices sorcery.

    ¹⁹Whoever lies carnally with a beast shall surely be put to death.

    ²⁰He who sacrifices to any god but the Lord only shall be utterly destroyed.

    ²¹You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

    ²²You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

    ²³If you afflict them in any way and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry;

    ²⁴And My wrath shall burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

    ²⁵If you lend money to any of My people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall you require interest from him.

    ²⁶If you ever take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you shall give it back to him before the sun goes down;

    ²⁷For that is his only covering, his clothing for his body. In what shall he sleep? When he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious and merciful.

    ²⁸You shall not revile God [the judges as His agents] or esteem lightly or curse a ruler of your people.

    ²⁹You shall not delay to bring to Me from the fullness [of your harvested grain] and the outflow [of your grape juice and olive oil]; give Me the firstborn of your sons [or redeem them].^(C)

    ³⁰Likewise shall you do with your oxen and your sheep. Seven days the firstborn [beast] shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.

    ³¹And you shall be holy men [consecrated] to Me; therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

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Matthew 19

    ²And great throngs accompanied Him, and He cured them there.

    ³And Pharisees came to Him and put Him to the test by asking, Is it lawful and right to dismiss and repudiate and divorce one's wife for any and ^[a]every cause?

    ⁴He replied, Have you never read that He Who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

    ⁵And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united firmly (joined inseparably) to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?^(A)

    ⁶So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder (separate).

    ⁷They said to Him, Why then did Moses command [us] to give a certificate of divorce and thus to dismiss and repudiate a wife?^(B)

    ⁸He said to them, Because of the hardness (stubbornness and perversity) of your hearts Moses permitted you to dismiss and repudiate and divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been ^[b]so [ordained].

    ⁹I say to you: whoever dismisses (repudiates, divorces) his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery, ^[c]and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

    ¹⁰The disciples said to Him, If the case of a man with his wife is like this, it is neither profitable nor advisable to marry.

    ¹¹But He said to them, Not all men can accept this saying, but it is for those to whom [the capacity to receive] it has been given.

    ¹²For there are eunuchs who have been born incapable of marriage; and there are eunuchs who have been made so by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves incapable of marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him who is able to accept this accept it.

    ¹³Then little children were brought to Jesus, that He might put His hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

    ¹⁴But He said, Leave the children alone! Allow the little ones to come to Me, and do not forbid or restrain or hinder them, for of such [as these] is the kingdom of heaven composed.

    ¹⁵And He put His hands upon them, and then went on His way.

    ¹⁶And behold, there came a man up to Him, saying, Teacher, what excellent and perfectly and essentially good deed must I do to possess eternal life?^(C)

    ¹⁷And He said to him, Why do you ask Me about the perfectly and essentially good? There is only One Who is good [perfectly and essentially]--God. If you would enter into the Life, you must continually keep the commandments.

    ¹⁸He said to Him, What ^[d]sort of commandments? [Or, which ones?] And Jesus answered, You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,^(D)

    ¹⁹Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself.^(E)

    ²⁰The young man said, I have observed all these from my youth; what still do I lack?

    ²¹Jesus answered him, If you would be perfect [that is, ^[e]have that spiritual maturity which accompanies self-sacrificing character], go and sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; and come, ^[f]be My disciple [side with My party and follow Me].

    ²²But when the young man heard this, he went away sad (grieved and in much distress), for he had great possessions.

    ²³And Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you, it will be difficult for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.

    ²⁴Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of heaven.

    ²⁵When the disciples heard this, they were utterly puzzled (astonished, bewildered), saying, Who then can be saved [^[g]from eternal death]?

    ²⁶But Jesus looked at them and said, With men this is impossible, but all things are possible with God.^(F)

    ²⁷Then Peter answered Him, saying, Behold, we have left [our] all and have become ^[h]Your disciples [sided with Your party and followed You]. What then shall we receive?

    ²⁸Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, in the new age [the ^[i]Messianic rebirth of the world], when the Son of Man shall sit down on the throne of His glory, you who have [become My disciples, sided with My party and] followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

    ²⁹And anyone and everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for My name's sake will receive ^[j]many [even a hundred] times more and will inherit eternal life.

    ³⁰But many who [now] are first will be last [then], and many who [now] are last will be first [then].