23. So if you are about to offer your gift to God at the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you,
24. leave your gift there in front of the altar, go at once and make peace with your brother, and then come back and offer your gift to God.
25. “If someone brings a lawsuit against you and takes you to court, settle the dispute with him while there is time, before you get to court. Once you are there, he will hand you over to the judge, who will hand you over to the police, and you will be put in jail.
26. There you will stay, I tell you, until you pay the last penny of your fine.
27. “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
28. But now I tell you: anyone who looks at a woman and wants to possess her is guilty of committing adultery with her in his heart.
29. So if your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
30. If your right-hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose one of your limbs than for your whole body to go to hell.
31. “It was also said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.’
32. But now I tell you: if a man divorces his wife, for any cause other than her unfaithfulness, then he is guilty of making her commit adultery if she marries again; and the man who marries her commits adultery also.
33. “You have also heard that people were told in the past, ‘Do not break your promise, but do what you have vowed to the Lord to do.’
34. But now I tell you: do not use any vow when you make a promise. Do not swear by heaven, for it is God's throne;
35. nor by earth, for it is the resting place for his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36. Do not even swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.
37. Just say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ — anything else you say comes from the Evil One.
38. “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
39. But now I tell you: do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too.