Sermon on the Mount §som_08_retaliation: "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth...
Source: The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) (som_08_retaliation) · words_in_red
"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Codex Sinaiticus — Matthew 5-7 complete
- manuscript_tradition: Codex Vaticanus — Matthew 5-7 complete
- manuscript_tradition: Papyrus 64 (c. AD 200) — earliest Matthew fragments
- translation: Multiple modern translations: WEB, ESV, NIV, KJV, NASB
- citation_tradition: Quoted by Didache, 1 Clement, Justin Martyr — earliest extra-NT witnesses