Matthew 5
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Matthew 5:38-41

38You have heardG191 thatG3754 it was saidG2046, ‘EyeG3788 forG473 eyeG3788 andG2532 toothG3599 forG473 toothG3599.’1 39ButG1161 IG1473 tellG3004 youG4771 notG3361 to resistG436 anG3588 evilG4190 person. If someoneG3748 slapsG4474 youG4771 onG1519 yourG4771 rightG1188 cheekG4600, turnG4762 to himG846 theG3588 otherG243 alsoG2532; 40if someoneG3588 wantsG2309 to sueG2919 youG4771 andG2532 takeG2983 yourG4771 tunicG5509, let him haveG863G846 your cloakG2440 as wellG2532; 41andG2532 if someoneG3748 forces you to goG29G4771 oneG1520 mileG3400,2 goG5217 withG3326 himG846 twoG1417 miles.3

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 5:38 Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 5:41 Greek one milion; that is, a Roman mile, approximately 4,855 feet or 1,480 meters ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 5:41 Literally go with him two. ↩

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