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FTER this beautiful preparation, giving such a fine idea of Christian justice, Jesus Christ begins to regulate our duty to our neighbour, and He teaches us how far we must avoid injuring him.

St John says that ' whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer,’ and Our Lord reputes him as such. He therefore says that it is not only by killing that we ' shall be in danger of the judgment,’ but also ' whosoever is angry with his brother ’; and that ' whosoever shall say Raca ’ — i.e., shall say an angry and contemptuous word — ' shall be in danger of the Council; but whosoever shall go so far as to say thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.’

Here these three degrees of injury must be