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Matthew 5:26-35 Modern English Version (MEV)

26. Truly I say to you, you will by no means come out of there until you have paid the last penny.

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

28. But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

29. And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away. For it is profitable that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body be thrown into hell.

30. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body be thrown into hell.

31. “It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

32. But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.

33. “Again, you have heard that it was said by the ancients, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall fulfill your oaths to the Lord.’

34. But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne;

35. nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

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