Mat 5:38-39 | ESV | STEP | You have heard that it was said , An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth .

a[See ver. 27 above]

bCited from Ex. 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21

dFor ver. 39-42, see Luke 6:29, 30; [Rom. 12:17]

Matthew 5:38-39

Retaliation

38 ^a“You have heard that it was said, ^b‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, ^cDo not resist the one who is evil. But ^dif anyone ^eslaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.