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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mat 5:38 — Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
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Exd 21:22 |
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine]. |
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Exd 21:23 |
And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, |
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Exd 21:24 |
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, |
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Exd 21:25 |
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. |
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Exd 21:26 |
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. |
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Exd 21:27 |
And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. |
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Lev 24:19 |
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; |
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Lev 24:20 |
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him [again]. |
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Deu 19:19 |
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 5:38," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Mat/5/38.html>.
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