Matthew 5:27-48

27“You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery.

28But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

31“It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.

32But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

33“Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors,  You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.

34But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne;

35or by the earth, because it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

36Do not swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.

37But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.

38“You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

39But I tell you, don’t resist an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

40As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as well.

41And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

42Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

43“You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.

44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

45so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. For he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

46For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

47And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what are you doing out of the ordinary? Don’t even the Gentiles do the same?

48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.