24. leave your gift there before the altar and go on your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
25. “Reconcile with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
26. Truly I say to you, you will by no means come out of there until you have paid the last penny.
27. “You have heard that it was said by the ancients, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
28. But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29. And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away. For it is profitable that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body be thrown into hell.
30. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body be thrown into hell.
31. “It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
32. But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.
33. “Again, you have heard that it was said by the ancients, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall fulfill your oaths to the Lord.’
34. But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
35. nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36. Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
37. But let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these comes from the evil one.
38. “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
39. But I say to you, do not resist an evil person. But whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other as well.
40. And if anyone sues you in a court of law and takes away your tunic, let him have your cloak also.
41. And whoever compels you to go a mile, go with him two.
42. Give to him who asks you, and from him who would borrow from you do not turn away.
43. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’