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Matthew 5:37-39
Lexham English Bible
Matthew 5:37-39
Lexham English Bible
37 But let your statement be ‘Yes, yes; no, no,’ and anything beyond these is from the evil one.[a]
The Sermon on the Mount: Retaliation
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’[b] 39 But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer, but whoever strikes you on the right cheek,[c] turn the other to him also.
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- Matthew 5:37 Or “is of evil”
- Matthew 5:38 A quotation from Exod 21:24; Lev 24:20
- Matthew 5:39 Some manuscripts have “your right cheek”
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