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Matthew 5:38 KJV
Matthew · chapter 5 · verse 38
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:Matthew 5:38 · King James Version
Matthew 5:38 in context
36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
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Key words (Strong's)
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- toothodousa toothG3599 →
- saidrheōto pour forth, to utterG4483 →
- eyeophthalmosthe eye, metaph. the eyes of the mind, the faculty of knowingG3788 →
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In these verses the law of retaliation is expounded, and in a manner repealed. Observe, I. What the Old Testament permission was, in case of injury; and here the expression is only, Ye have heard that is has been said;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 38-42