Matthew 5:21-32
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y "You have heard that it was said to those of old, z 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable a to judgment.'
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But I say to you that b everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable a to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to c the hell of fire.
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d So if e you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
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leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
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f Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.
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Truly, I say to you, g you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.
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h "You have heard that it was said, i 'You shall not commit adultery.'
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But I say to you that j everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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k If your right eye l causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into m hell.
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k And if your right hand l causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into m hell.
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h "It was also said, n 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
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o But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and p whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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Matthew 5:33
"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.'
Matthew 5:27
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
Matthew 5:31
"It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
Matthew 5:38
"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'
Matthew 5:43
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
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Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
Deuteronomy 5:17
'You shall not murder.
Matthew 19:18
He said to him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "...
Mark 10:19
You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, Do n...
Luke 18:20
You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adult...
Romans 13:9
For the commandments, "You shall not commit adu...
James 2:11
For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also...
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Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
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Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
Deuteronomy 5:17
You shall not murder.
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1 John 3:15
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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Matthew 5:21
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'
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Matthew 18:9
And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
Mark 9:43
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
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Matthew 6:15
But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Mark 11:25
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
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Matthew 8:4
And Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.
Matthew 23:18
And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.
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Luke 12:58 - 59
As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.
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Matthew 18:34 - 35
And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt.
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Matthew 5:21
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'
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Exodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
Deuteronomy 5:18
'And you shall not commit adultery.
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Exodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
Deuteronomy 5:18
And you shall not commit adultery.
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Job 31:1
I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?
Proverbs 6:25
Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes.
2 Samuel 11:2
It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
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Matthew 18:8 - 9
And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.
Mark 9:43 - 48
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
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Matthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers.
Luke 17:1
And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
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Matthew 10:28
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 23:15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
Matthew 23:33
You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
Luke 12:5
But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
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Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
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Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
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Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
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Matthew 5:27
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
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Matthew 19:7
They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?
Jeremiah 3:1
If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? declares the Lord.
Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house.
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Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house.
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Matthew 19:9
And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.
Mark 10:11 - 12
And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
Luke 16:18
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:10 - 11
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
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Romans 7:3
Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.
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