Matthew 5:22-35

22But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice against him shall be guilty before the court; and whoever speaks [contemptuously and insultingly] to his brother, ‘Raca (You empty-headed idiot)!’ shall be guilty before the supreme court (Sanhedrin); and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fiery hell.

23So if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and while there you remember that your brother has something [such as a grievance or legitimate complaint] against you,

24leave your offering there at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother, and then come and present your offering.

25Come to terms quickly [at the earliest opportunity] with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way [to court], so that your opponent does not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you are thrown into prison.

26I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid the last cent.

27“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’;

28but I say to you that everyone who [so much as] looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29If your right eye makes you stumble and leads you to sin, tear it out and throw it away [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

30If your right hand makes you stumble and leads you to sin, cut it off and throw it away [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

31“It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife is to give her a certificate of divorce’;

32but I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on grounds of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced commits adultery.

33“Again, you have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not make false vows, but you shall fulfill your vows to the Lord [as a religious duty].’

34But I say to you, do not make an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

35or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.