37 Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; (A)anything more than this comes from evil.[a]

Retaliation

38 (B)“You have heard that it was said, (C)‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, (D)Do not resist the one who is evil. But (E)if anyone (F)slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:37 Or the evil one

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