29. If your right eye causes you to sin, then take it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
30. If your right hand causes you to sin, then cut it off and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
31. “It was also said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a written divorce paper.’
32. But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife is causing his wife to be guilty of adultery. The only reason for a man to divorce his wife is if she has been unfaithful to him. And anyone who marries that divorced woman is guilty of adultery.
33. “You have heard that it was said to our people long ago, ‘When you make a promise, don’t break your promise. Keep the promises that you make to the Lord.’
34. But I tell you, never make an oath. Don’t make an oath using the name of heaven, because heaven is God’s throne.
35. Don’t make an oath using the name of the earth, because the earth belongs to God. Don’t make an oath using the name of Jerusalem, because that is the city of the great King.
36. And don’t even say that your own head is proof that you will keep your oath. You cannot make one hair on your head become white or black.