38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
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And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; …
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. …
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 38-42)In these verses the law of retaliation is expounded, and in a manner repealed.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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