Matthew 5:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁸ “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. [Exod. 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³⁸ “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ You have heard that it was said: 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 5:38 Cross References

Matthew 5:21

“You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.’

Matthew 5:27

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

Deuteronomy 19:19

then you shall do to the false witness just as the false witness had meant to do to the other. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 19:21

Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.