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Therefore if you bring your gift to 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 your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
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Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
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Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.
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"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
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But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
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And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
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"Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
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But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.
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"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.'