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38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Matthew 5:38

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 38-42)

In these verses the law of retaliation is expounded, and in a manner repealed. Observe, I. What the Old-Testament permission was, in case of injury; and here the expression is only, Ye have heard that is has been said ; not, as before, concerning the commands of the decalogue, that it has been said by , or to, them of old time . It was a command, that every one should of necessity require such sat...

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