The Words of Jesus Christ Page 75 Conduct (cont'd) Restraint Marriage & Children Oaths
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8 CONDUCT (cont'd)
4
Restraint
Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth: but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever
smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man
would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke
also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him twain.
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn
not thou away. m0538-42/l0629-30
For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way
give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he hale thee unto the judge,
and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast
thee into prison. I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence,
till thou have paid the very last mite.
l1258-9/m0525-6
And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to
enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell,
into the unquenchable fire. And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it
off: it is good for thee to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two
feet to be cast into hell. And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it
out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye,
rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell; where their worm dieth
not, and the fire is not quenched. For everyone shall be salted with fire.
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye
season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.
k0943-50/m1808-9
Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword
shall perish with the
sword. m2652
5 Marriage & Children (The subject is more fully covered under 9 'THE
FAMILY' p85)
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say
unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath
committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye
causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is
profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole
body be cast into hell. And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut
it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy
members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell. It was said
also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of
divorcement: but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife,
saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever
shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery. m0527-32
[The Pharisees: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every
cause?]
Have ye not read, that he which made them from the beginning made them male
and female.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to
his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh? So that they are no more
twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man
put asunder.
[Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her
away?]
Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but
from the beginning it hath not been so. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall
put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another,
committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away
committeth adultery.
[The disciples: If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not
expedient to marry.]
All men cannot receive this saying, but they to whom it is given. For there
are eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are
eunuchs, which were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, which made
themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to
receive it, let him receive it. m1903-12/k1002-12/l1618
And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to
stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his
neck, and he were cast into the
sea. k0942/m1806/l1702
Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter
into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this
little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall
receive one such little child in my name receiveth
me: .... m1803-5/l0948/k0937
6 Oaths
Again, you have heard it said to them of old time, Thou shalt not foreswear
thyself, but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you,
Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by
the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is
the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou
canst not make one hair white or black. But let your speech be, Yea, yea;
Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one. m0533-7