Matthew 5:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’”
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BSBPD
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Matthew 5:38 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:22If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
- Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
- Leviticus 24:19If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
- Leviticus 24:20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
- Deuteronomy 19:19you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 19:21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
- Matthew 5:27You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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