Matthew 5:38 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³⁸ Ye 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.'

Matthew 5:38 Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:21

And thine eye shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Deuteronomy 19:19

then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

Matthew 5:27

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

Matthew 5:21

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgement: