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 shall say  to  his  brother:  ‘Raca!’  shall  be  in  danger  of  the  council. And whosoever  shall  say:  ‘Thou  fool!’  shall  be  in  danger  of hell-fire. If, therefore,  thou  offer  thy  gift  at  the  altar,  and  there thou remember  that  thy  brother  hath  anything  against  thee ; leave there  thy  offering  before  the  altar,  and  go  first  to  be  reconciled to  thy  brother:  and  then,  coming,  thou  shalt  offer  thy  gift.”

“You have  heard  that  it  was  said  to  them  of  old:  ‘Thou shalt not  forswear  thyself.’  But  I say  to  you  not  to  swear  at  all. Let your  speech  be  yea,  yea;  no,  no:  and  that  which  is  over  and above these,  is  of  evil.

“You have  heard  that  it  hath  been  said: ‘An  eye  for  an eye,  and  a tooth  for  a tooth’. But I say  to  you not  to  resist evil: but  if  one  strike  thee  on  thy  right  cheek,  turn  to  him  also the other.

“You have  heard  that  it  hath  been  said:  ‘Thou  shalt  love thy neighbour  and  hate  thine  enemy’. But I say  to  you:  Love your enemies,  do  good  to  them  that  hate  you,  and  pray  for  them that persecute  and  calumniate  you: that  you  may  be  the  children of your  Father  who  is  in  to  heaven,  who  maketh  His  sun  rise upon the  good  and  bad,  and  raineth  upon  the  just  and  the  unjust.