16. Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
17. “Don’t think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18. For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the Torah, until all things are accomplished.
19. Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
20. For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
21. “You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgement.’
22. But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgement. Whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehinnom.
23. “If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
24. leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
25. Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
26. Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.
27. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’
28. but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29. If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehinnom.
30. If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehinnom.
31. “It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’