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St Matthew 5:23-32 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

23. If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee;

24. Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift.

25. Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

26. Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.

27. You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery.

28. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

29. And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell.

30. And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell.

31. And it hath been said, Whoseoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

32. But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting for the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

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