Matthew 5:21-37 You have heard that it was said to the men of old, Thou shalt not kill; if a man kills, he must answer for it before the court of justice.

Knox⁽ⁱ⁾ ²¹ You have heard that it was said to the men of old, Thou shalt not kill; if a man kills, he must answer for it before the court of justice. ²² But I tell you that any man who is angry with his brother must answer for it before the court of justice, and any man who says Raca to his brother must answer for it before the Council; and any man who says to his brother. Thou fool, must answer for it in hell fire. ²³ If thou art bringing thy gift, then, before the altar, and rememberest there that thy brother has some ground of complaint against thee, ²⁴ leave thy gift lying there before the altar, and go home; be reconciled with thy brother first, and then come back to offer thy gift. ²⁵ If any man has a claim against thee, come to terms there and then, while thou art walking in the road with him; or else it may be that the claimant will hand thee over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and so thou wilt be cast into prison. ²⁶ Believe me, thou shalt not be set at liberty until thou hast paid the last farthing. ²⁷ You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery. ²⁸ But I tell you that he who casts his eyes on a woman so as to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹ If thy right eye is the occasion of thy falling into sin, pluck it out and cast it away from thee; better to lose one of thy limbs than to have thy whole body cast into hell. ³⁰ And if thy right hand is an occasion of falling, cut it off and cast it away from thee; better to lose one of thy limbs than to have thy whole body cast into hell. ³¹ It was said, too, Whoever will put away his wife must first give her a writ of separation. ³² But I tell you that the man who puts away his wife (setting aside the matter of unfaithfulness) makes an adulteress of her, and whoever marries her after she has been put away, commits adultery. ³³ Again, you have heard that it was said to the men of old, Thou shalt not perjure thyself; thou shalt perform what thou hast sworn in the sight of the Lord. ³⁴ But I tell you that you should not bind yourselves by any oath at all; not by heaven, for heaven is God's throne; ³⁵ nor by earth, for earth is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king. ³⁶ And thou shalt not swear by thy own head, for thou hast no power to turn a single hair of it white or black. ³⁷ Let your word be Yes for Yes, and No for No; whatever goes beyond this, comes of evil.