Matthew 5:27–48

The Sermon on the Mount: Adultery and Lust

²⁷“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’^{f 28}But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹And if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it from you! For it is better for you that one of your members be destroyed than your whole body be thrown into hell. ³⁰And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it from you! For it is better for you that one of your limbs be destroyed than your whole body go into hell.

The Sermon on the Mount: Divorce

³¹“And it was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’^{g 32}But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for a matter of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

The Sermon on the Mount: Taking Oaths

³³“Again you have heard that it was said to the people of old,^h ‘Do not swear falsely,ⁱ but fulfill your oaths to the Lord.’^{j 34}But I say to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, because it is the throne of God, ³⁵or by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet, or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great king. ³⁶And do not swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. ³⁷But let your statement be ‘Yes, yes; no, no,’ and anything beyond these is from the evil one.^k

The Sermon on the Mount: Retaliation

³⁸“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’^{l 39}But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer, but whoever strikes you on the right cheek,^m turn the other to him also. ⁴⁰And the one who wants to go to court with you and take your tunic, let him haveⁿ your outer garment also. ⁴¹And whoever forces you to go one mile,^o go with him two. ⁴²Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

The Sermon on the Mount: Love for Enemies

⁴³“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’^p and ‘Hate your enemy.’^{q 44}But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ⁴⁵in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, because he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust. ⁴⁶For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not the tax collectors also do the same? ⁴⁷And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing that is remarkable? Do not the Gentiles also do the same? ⁴⁸Therefore you be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.