Eye For An Eye

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another; — read the full passage →

for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy; — read the full passage →

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

Every one who is hating his brother--a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens is perfect.

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

`And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider?

`The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

`And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me--the sinner!

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that <FI>is<Fi> in thee is darkness--the darkness, how great!

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;