New American Standard Bible

Matthew 5:29-43 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

29. If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

30. If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.

31. "It was said, 'Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce';

32. but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

33. "Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall fulfill your vows to the Lord.'

34. But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

35. or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

36. Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

37. But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil.

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 slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

40. If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.

41. Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

42. Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.

43. "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'