![]() ![]() ![]() For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. 18 Whoever takes an animals life shall make it good, life for life. So far as it goes between individual people, God's will is that we do not take revenge, at all (Matthew 5:39). 17 Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. Christ's teaching on the matter, given in the next few verses, reveals the true intent God has for His people. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, You have heard that it was said: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but I say to you, not to resist the evil. 285) For other idioms in English that were coined by Bible translation, see here. Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you. God's teaching about 'eye for an eye' was meant to limit violence, not encourage it. The now commonly-used English idiom eye for an eye (meaning revenge or retribution) was first coined in 1526 in the English New Testament translation of William Tyndale. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. ![]() And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. ![]()
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