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intoGehenna.[or,Hell]5.30Ifyourrighthandcausesyoutostumble,
cutitoff,andthrowitawayfromyou.Foritismoreprofitableforyou
thatoneofyourmembersshouldperish,thanforyourwholebody
tobecastintoGehenna.[or,Hell]
5.31“Itwasalsosaid,‘Whoevershallputawayhiswife,lethimgive
herawritingofdivorce,’5.32butItellyouthatwhoeverputsawayhis
wife,exceptforthecauseofsexualimmorality,makesher
anadulteress;andwhoevermarriesherwhensheisputawaycommits
adultery.
5.33“Againyouhaveheardthatitwassaidtothemofoldtime,‘You
shallnotmakefalsevows,butshallperformtotheLordyourvows,’
5.34butItellyou,don’tswearatall:neitherbyheaven,foritisthe
throneofGod;5.35norbytheearth,foritisthefootstoolofhisfeet;nor
byJerusalem,foritisthecityofthegreatKing.5.36Neithershallyou
swearbyyourhead,foryoucan’tmakeonehairwhiteorblack.5.37But
letyour‘Yes’be‘Yes’andyour‘No’be‘No.’Whateverismorethan
theseisoftheevilone.
5.38“Youhaveheardthatitwassaid,‘Aneyeforaneye,andatooth
foratooth.’5.39ButItellyou,don’tresisthimwhoisevil;butwhoever
strikesyouonyourrightcheek,turntohimtheotheralso.5.40Ifanyone
suesyoutotakeawayyourcoat,lethimhaveyourcloakalso.5.41
Whoevercompelsyoutogoonemile,gowithhimtwo.5.42Give
tohimwhoasksyou,anddon’tturnawayhimwhodesirestoborrow
fromyou.
5.43“Youhaveheardthatitwassaid,‘Youshallloveyourneighbor
[Leviticus19:18]andhateyourenemy.’[notintheBible,butsee
QumranManualofDisciplineIx,21-26]5.44ButItellyou,loveyour
enemies,blessthosewhocurseyou,dogoodtothosewhohateyou,
andprayforthosewhomistreatyouandpersecuteyou,5.45thatyou
maybechildrenofyourFatherwhoisinheaven.Forhemakeshissun
toriseontheevilandthegood,andsendsrainonthejustandthe
unjust.5.46Forifyoulovethosewholoveyou,whatrewarddoyou
have?Don’teventhetaxcollectorsdothesame?5.47Ifyouonlygreet
yourfriends,whatmoredoyoudothanothers?Don’teventhetax
collectors[NUreads“Gentiles”insteadof“taxcollectors”.]dothe
same?5.48Thereforeyoushallbeperfect,justasyourFatherinheaven
isperfect.
