Matthew 5:25-34

Christian Standard Bible

²⁵ Reach a settlement quickly with your adversary while you’re on the way with him to the court, or your adversary will hand you over to the judge, and the judge to^[a] the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.^{(A) 26} Truly I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny.^[b]

Adultery Begins in the Heart

²⁷ “You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery.^{[c](B) 28} But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.^{(C) 29} If your right eye causes you to sin,^(D) gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.^{(E) 30} And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

Divorce Practices Censured

³¹ “It was also said, Whoever divorces^(F) his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.^{[d](G) 32} But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.^(H)

Tell the Truth

³³ “Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors,You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.^{[e](I) 34} But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne;