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Saint Augustine: Commentary on the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount with Seventeen Related Sermons is unavailable, but you can change that!

Originally written between the years 393 and 396, this commentary discusses Matthew 5–7, and is regarded as a product of his early years of his priesthood. His exegesis reveals an unexpected spiritual insight for his limited training at the time of its composition.

(56) The Lord then continues, and says: ‘You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye,” and, “A tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you not to resist an evildoer; but if someone strikes thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and whoever wishes to go to law with thee and to take thy tunic, give up to him thy cloak as well; and whoever forces thee to go one mile, go with him another two. Give to him who asks of thee; and turn not away from him who would
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