“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 5:38-39 · WEBKJVRead the whole chapter →
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That reaches back to this verse
In contrast to (this verse)Exodus 21:23
Jesus neither abolishes the eye for eye nor copies it; He absorbs the injury instead of repaying it.
“But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,”