Matthew 5:38 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁸ “You 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

Matthew 5:21

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

Matthew 5:27

“You heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

Deuteronomy 19:19

then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 19:21

“And let your eye not pardon, life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.